W. A. Hirst

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I THE COUNTRY ITS FOUR DIVISIONS THE RIVERS THE CLIMATE

CHAPTER II EARLIEST HISTORY AND ETHNOLOGY

CHAPTER III THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST

CHAPTER IV THE SPANISH DOMINION

CHAPTER V THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM

CHAPTER VI THE ENGLISH FAILURE IN ARGENTINA

CHAPTER VII THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

CHAPTER VIII ANARCHY AND DESPOTISM THE WAR WITH PARAGUAY

CHAPTER IX MODERN ARGENTINA SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS

CHAPTER X THE CONSTITUTION THE ARMY AND NAVY GENERAL POLITICAL CONDITIONS

CHAPTER XI CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE WAGES AND COST OF LIVING IMMIGRATION

CHAPTER XII BUENOS AIRES

CHAPTER XIII ARGENTINE LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY

CHAPTER XIV RELIGION EDUCATION JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE

CHAPTER XV INDUSTRIAL ARGENTINA RAILWAYS AND MINOR ENTERPRISES

CHAPTER XVI THE PASTORAL INDUSTRIES OF ARGENTINA

CHAPTER XVII COMMERCE AND FINANCE

CHAPTER XVIII AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL PRODUCTS

CHAPTER XIX BAHIA BLANCA AND PATAGONIA

CHAPTER XX ACROSS THE CONTINENT TO MENDOZA UNDER THE ANDES

CHAPTER XXI THE PARANA, ROSARIO, AND SANTA FE

CHAPTER XXII THE GRAN CHACO AND THE NORTHERN TOWNS

CHAPTER XXIII INFORMATION FOR ENGLISH TRAVELLERS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

FOOTNOTES:

THE SOUTH AMERICAN SERIES

Transcriber's Notes

MAP OF ARGENTINA AND ADJOINING STATES

THE SOUTH AMERICAN SERIES

EDITED BY MARTIN HUME, M.A.

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ARGENTINA

BY
W. A. HIRST

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
MARTIN HUME, M.A.

WITH A MAP AND SIXTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

T. FISHER UNWIN
LONDON      LEIPSIC
ADELPHI TERRACE   INSELSTRASSE 20

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