CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF DIAGRAMS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND THANKS

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II THE WAR ITS PRESENT AND PROBABLE FUTURE EFFECTS ON ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY

CHAPTER III HISTORY AND POLITICS

CHAPTER IV RACIAL ELEMENTS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

CHAPTER V NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER VI MONTEVIDEO AND BUENOS AIRES

CHAPTER VII FINANCE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER VIII RAILWAYS, PORTS AND IMMIGRATION RAILWAYS

CHAPTER IX GENERAL STATISTICS

CHAPTER X A GLANCE AT THE PROVINCES AND NATIONAL TERRITORIES OF

CHAPTER XI AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER XII LIVE STOCK

CHAPTER XIII FORESTRY

CHAPTER XIV LITERATURE AND ART

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

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ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY

ARGENTINA AND
URUGUAY

BY
GORDON ROSS

FORMERLY FINANCIAL EDITOR OF “THE STANDARD,” BUENOS AIRES
AND OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR TO THE CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
REPUBLICS, BUENOS AIRES, 1910

WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS, FOUR DIAGRAMS
AND A MAP

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
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First Published in 1917

TO
Sir ROBERT JOHN KENNEDY, K.C.M.G.
THIS BOOK
IS DEDICATED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MANY KINDNESSES SHOWN
AND VALUABLE AID GIVEN
BY HIM
TO THE AUTHOR
IN HIS
LITERARY WORK AT MONTEVIDEO
IN 1911