CHAPTER | | PAGE | | Preface | v | I. | The Country | 1 | II. | The West Coast | 19 | III. | Vale of Paradise | 46 | IV. | The City of Saint James | 69 | V. | The Granary of the Republic | 92 | VI. | The Land of the Fire | 120 | VII. | The Backbone of the Continent | 148 | VIII. | A Laboratory of Nature | 178 | IX. | The People | 191 | X. | An Unconquerable Race | 212 | XI. | Education and the Arts | 230 | XII. | The Development of Transportation | 243 | XIII. | Religious Influences | 261 | XIV. | The Struggle for Independence | 280 | XV. | The Nitrate War | 315 | XVI. | Civil War and Its Results | 336 | XVII. | Present Conditions and Future Possibilities | 360 | | Appendices | 391 | | Index | 405 |
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