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An introduction to the geography, history, government, people, and economy of the second largest South American country. ... Read more

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Spiritual Mapping is a U.S. Evangelical and Neo-Pentecostal movement (1989-2005), which developed its own religious technique to wage a 'spiritual' war against unseen non-human beings. These 'spirits' were identified along the lines of geographical territories and put on a map, whence 'Spiritual Mapping'. Its intended function was to boost the numerical growth of Christianity. This book offers a comprehensive historical-descriptive approach of both the movement and the concept, with special attention for theological and anthropological concepts. Its historical roots, relation with Argentina, self-understanding and critics are being described. The reader is presented with a unique insight into Spiritual Mapping as an expression of Americanism, as well as the socio-political concept of Manifest Destiny and U.S. religious marketing. ... Read more

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There is a widespread perception that sector policies in developing countries are becoming increasingly dependent on the courses set by multilateral and bilateral aid agencies, of which the World Bank is perhaps the most influential one. This book tests this premise by examining the urban agenda promoted by the World Bank in Latin America during the 1990s and how it has influenced urban and housing sector policies in the region. Using Mexico and Argentina as case studies, the book contrasts the economic reform programs implemented in these countries during the past two decades, showing that there have been significant differences in the way they have interpreted the so-called ‘Washington Consensus.’ While Argentina’s reform program was characterized by a strong macroeconomic focus, Mexico adopted a more pragmatic approach, attempting to balance macroeconomic and poverty alleviation objectives. The analysis shows that such differences were also reflected in the housing and urban policies implemented as part of the reform programs, as well as the portfolio of urban development operations financed by the World Bank in each country. ... Read more

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not as titled
Disappointed.Our son spent July-Aug. in Argentina - snowboarding.
Too busy to take pictures for ol' mom & dad. Hoped this book would
show Argentina's diviersity and beauty, etc. Expected phenomenal pictures -
or at least - pictures.
Very few pics and they were very small.Some info. but was expecting
a visual presentation - a keep sake.Bummer! ... Read more

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Argentina is a country of enormous potential and challenging problems. In recent decades, violence and military dictatorships have upset the political system, and economic instability has held in check efforts to develop the country's industries. Covering the entire sweep of Argentina's history from pre-Columbian times to 2001, the narrative outlines the connections between the colonial era and the 19th century and focuses closely on the last three decades of the twentieth century, during which Argentina dealt with the legacies of Peronism and of military dictatorship, as well as the challenges of establishing a stable democracy. Also included are a timeline of historic events in Argentina, biographical sketches of key people in its history, a glossary of terms, and a bibliographic essay of works in English for further study. All libraries should update their collection of Latin American histories with this work, which is ideal for students and travelers.
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All Names and Dates...
I was very disappointed in Mr. Lewis' recap of Argentinian history.It read much like a high school history text: with all the key dates and important political figures but very little context and no depth to keep the reader engaged.Dry in tone, nothing but the facts and not much to keep the reader engaged.Ugh!

History of a volatile society
As the author of this short book shows, perhaps without intending to, if there was any country in the history of the world that illustrates best the effects of narrow-sighted interest groups, economic turmoil, and governmental brutality, it has to be Argentina. The people of Argentina have had no respite in the last two hundred years from both the vicissitudes of the market place and the coercion of their governments. Just when things seem to be looking up in terms of both economic and social stability, some military coup or financial disaster erases the short-lived equilibrium of Argentine society. After finishing the book, one can't help but admire the stamina of the Argentine people, and one wonders what the future holds for this country that had its origins of course in the Spanish expeditions of the early sixteenth century.

Those readers, such as this reviewer, who are interested in the history of Argentina but don't have the time to read a major treatise on the subject will find this book helpful. The author gives a timeline of historical events at the beginning of the book, and some references are included for readers who want to move on to more detailed treatments. It would be difficult of course to verify the author's historical narrative without more in-depth study, so the contents of the book should be taken as tentative.

There are many interesting facts that are detailed by the author, particularly the role that the United States and the International Monetary Fund played in perturbing Argentine society. In addition, one can understand the effects of the two world wars on the Argentine economy, especially the role of the Marshall Plan, which almost decimated Argentina's beef industry. It also gives a more nuanced view of Evita Peron without the excess of veneration that is usually paid to this woman by Hollywood and the American press. And of course her husband's role in Argentine politics is still being felt today, despite its checkered history of violence and brutality. "Peronism" as the author calls it, was actually banned from participation in elections for quite some time, but this caused even more volatility for Argentine politics. The prevention of certain groups in the participation of governance seems to only increase their level of determination.

If there are any lessons to be learned from this book it is that attempts by governments to bring "social harmony" to the societies over which they rule are problematic and rarely succeed. Labor unions, governmental decrees, international money markets, and private business are all entangled with each other, and any strong events in one of these sectors has ramifications in the others. It has been difficult for all societies to realize this fact, and Argentina is even a more pronounced example. Economic decimation, or even the reflection of its possibility seems to encourage governmental interference, even though history is full of examples where this interference exacerbated the problem, sometimes, as was the case for Argentina, leading to extreme violence or even murder. The "Dirty War" that the author discusses in this book, which is correctly described as being state terrorism, is a dreadful example of how the Argentine government completely lost any notion of decency or restraint. Some of the individuals responsible for these actions have been brought to justice, but others that did are unfortunately still free. Hopefully, the citizens of Argentina will not forget these events, and never forgive the criminals who participated in them. ... Read more

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Chapters: Geography of Chubut Province, Geography of Jujuy Province, Geography of Mendoza Province, Geography of Neuquén Province, Geography of Río Negro Province, Geography of San Juan Province, Geography of Santa Cruz Province, Aconcagua, Anacleto Formation, Monte Fitz Roy, Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Tronador, Cerro Torre, Candeleros Formation, Santa Cruz River, Lake Musters and Lake Colhue Huapi, Nahuel Huapi Lake, Perito Moreno Glacier, San Jorge Gulf, La Amarga Formation, Valdes Peninsula, General Carrera Lake, Torre Egger, Lohan Cura Formation, Viedma Glacier, O'higgins/san Martín Lake, Argentino Lake, Paso Internacional Los Libertadores, Tupungato, Maipo, El Chocón Dam, Limay River, Cerro Catedral, Cerros Colorados Complex, Neuquén River, Lanín, Chubut River, Colorado River, Upsala Glacier, Viedma Lake, Laguna Del Carbón, Domuyo, Witches' Cave, Confluencia Department, Punta Tombo, Pino Hachado Pass, Lácar Lake, Gutiérrez Lake, Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass, Pellegrini Lake, Uspallata Pass, Puelo Lake, Huahum Pass, Laguna Del Diamante, Golfo Nuevo, Huemul Island, Futaleufú River, Traful Lake, Añelo Department, Los Reyunos Dam, Ysgol Yr Hendre, Ingeniero Ballester Dam, Espejo Lake, Huechulafquen Lake, Pichi Picún Leufú Dam, Zapaleri, El Carrizal Dam, Comahue, Piedra Del Águila Dam, Tupungatito, Llancanelo Lagoon, Chenque Hill, Pehuenches Department, Arroyito Dam, Nevado Juncal, Catán Lil Department, Minas Department, Neuquén, Collón Curá Department, Palena/general Vintter Lake, Picunches Department, Alicurá Dam, Punta Dúngeness, Ñorquín Department, Zapala Department, Gallegos River, Los Lagos Department, Cerro Volcánico, Chos Malal Department, Lácar Department, Carirriñe Pass, Loncopué Department, Cerro Bayo, Picún Leufú Department, Huiliches Department, Aluminé Department, Paso de Los Patos, Gutiérrez River, Laguna Potrok Aike, Cape Virgenes, Alumine Lake, Deseado River, Payun Matru, Lilpela Pass, Tromen, Huahum Riv...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=220167 ... Read more

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Chapters: List of Islands of Argentina. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 97. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The following are lists of islands of the Argentine Republic including disputed claims. The list is sorted by name, with the word "Isla" (Spanish for island) at its end. Information on the province and coordinate location of the islands is also provided. Observe that of the 133 listed islands, 108 are considered by Argentina to belong to the Tierra del Fuego Province. These are islands currently administered by Argentina The Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are administered by the United Kingdom, subject to a claim by Argentina. See also Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands Argentina's claim to Antarctica overlaps with the claims of Chile and the United Kingdom. All these claims are subject to the Antarctic Treaty and none have gained wide international recognition. Definitions from Wiktionary Textbooks from Wikibooks Quotations from Wikiquote Source texts from Wikisource Images and media from Commons News stories from Wikinews Learning resources from Wikiversity ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4782654 ... Read more

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This paper addresses the idea of autonomy-the desire for freedom, self-organisation and mutual aid. Through challenging economic neoliberalism, state repression, a powerful transnational elite, and the commodification of nature and resources, many communities, especially in the global south, are trying to manage their own affairs. Using the example of the Movement of Unemployed Workers (El Movimiento de Trabajadores Desocupados) in Argentina, I explore the idea of autonomous geographies and how they are made and remade at three overlapping levels: the territorial, through the emergence of networked autonomous neighbourhoods which are selectively open and closed to translocal links; the material, through the development of a solidarity economy where immediate needs are met and work is redefined, and; the social, where collective action and daily practice helps constitute more collective, autonomous forms of social interactions. In their desire to manage connections with the outside world while at the same time inspire autonomous place projects elsewhere, the MTDs represent both a 'militant localism' and 'militant pluriversalism'. Moreover, while such experiments in making and embedding 'autonomous geographies' face limits and have few widespread examples on which to draw, it is through constant questioning and collective struggle at the everyday level that autonomy is made real. ... Read more

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Chapters: Geography of Argentina, Geography of Bolivia, Geography of Brazil, Geography of Chile, Geography of Colombia, Geography of Ecuador, Geography of French Guiana, Geography of Guyana, Geography of Paraguay, Geography of Peru, Geography of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Geography of Suriname, Geography of Trinidad and Tobago, Geography of Uruguay, Geography of Venezuela, Geography of the Falkland Islands, Demographics of French Guiana, Guiana Shield, Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, Paisa Region, Nova Iguaçu Volcano, Geology of the Falkland Islands, List of Rivers of Chile, List of Islands of Argentina, Zona Austral, El Carrizal El Salvador, Piarco International Airport, San Jose Ojos de Agua, El Salvador, Geography of Rosario, Climate of Peru, Yungas, Aldea San Antonio, International Rankings of Uruguay, Orinoco Belt, Sumapaz Paramo, Caatinga, Protected Areas of Peru, Waller Air Force Base, List of Falkland Islands Placenames, La Frontera, Chile, Magellanic Subpolar Forests, Extreme Points of Brazil, Peruvian Amazon, Ischigualasto, List of Islands of the Falkland Islands, Zona Central, Chile, Norte Grande, Serras de Sudeste, Laguna Blanca, Aburrá Valley, Guajira Peninsula, Atlantic Forest, Triple Frontier, Ypacaraí Lake, Time in Brazil, Quilombo, Pampa, Ecotourism and Wild Areas of Paraguay, Catatumbo Lightning, Zona Sur, List of Brazilian States by Population Density, Natural Regions of Colombia, Carlsen Air Force Base, Ñu Guasú Park, Norte Chico, Chile, List of Islands of Chile, San Juan Bautista, Paraguay, Raposa Serra Do Sol, Yaguarón, Sertão, San Carlos, Paraguay, Domaine Al Este, Argentine Northwest, Puerto Hambre, Cerro Catedral, Cedros, Trinidad and Tobago, Ventana System, El Mutún, Beni Savanna, Brokopondo Reservoir, Mesopotamia, Argentina, Cuyo, Triângulo Mineiro, Time in Argentina, List of Extreme Points of Chile, Cordillera de La Costa Montane Forests, Extreme Points of Argentina, Mameria...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19727558 ... Read more

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Chapters: Córdoba Province, Argentina Geography Stubs, La Falda, Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba, Jovita, Córdoba, Jesús María, Córdoba, Cosquín, Córdoba, Calamuchita Department, Valle Hermoso, Córdoba, San Justo Department, Córdoba, Uritorco, Río Cuarto Department, Punilla Department, Tanti, Córdoba, Villa Dolores, Deán Funes, Punilla Valley, Villa Carlos Paz, Santa María Department, Córdoba, Unión Department, Barranca Yaco, Río Primero Department, Colón Department, Córdoba, Marcos Juárez Department, Cruz Del Eje Department, Río Segundo Department, General San Martín Department, Córdoba, Tercero Arriba Department, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, San Alberto Department, Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña Department, General Roca Department, Córdoba, Villa Giardino, La Cumbre, Córdoba, Vicuña Mackenna, Oncativo, Río Seco Department, San Javier Department, Córdoba, Juárez Celman Department, Ischilín Department, Capital Department, Córdoba, Totoral Department, Tulumba Department, Minas Department, Córdoba, La Paz, Córdoba, Pocho Department, Río Tercero, Córdoba, Villa Huidobro, Villa Del Rosario, Córdoba, Laboulaye, Córdoba, La Carlota, Córdoba, Argentina, Santa Rosa de Río Primero, Arroyito, Córdoba, Cosquín River, San Agustín, Córdoba, San Carlos Minas, Arias, Córdoba, Villa Del Totoral, Hernando, Córdoba, Malvinas Argentinas, Córdoba, Cuarto River, Salinas Grandes, Pascanas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 144. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:La Falda is a town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located 79 km from Córdoba City and 800 km from Buenos Aires. It has about 15,000 inhabitants as of the 2001 census . La Falda lies at the foot of two small mountains (Cerro El Cuadrado and Cerro La Banderita), and it is part of an important touristic circuit of the province (the Punilla Valley...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3010858 ... Read more

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Chapters: La Falda, Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba, Jovita, Córdoba, Jesús María, Córdoba, Cosquín, Córdoba, Calamuchita Department, Valle Hermoso, Córdoba, San Justo Department, Córdoba, Uritorco, Río Cuarto Department, Punilla Department, Tanti, Córdoba, Villa Dolores, Deán Funes, Punilla Valley, Villa Carlos Paz, Santa María Department, Córdoba, Unión Department, Barranca Yaco, Río Primero Department, Colón Department, Córdoba, Marcos Juárez Department, Cruz Del Eje Department, Río Segundo Department, General San Martín Department, Córdoba, Tercero Arriba Department, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, San Alberto Department, Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña Department, General Roca Department, Córdoba, Villa Giardino, La Cumbre, Córdoba, Vicuña Mackenna, Oncativo, Río Seco Department, San Javier Department, Córdoba, Juárez Celman Department, Ischilín Department, Capital Department, Córdoba, Totoral Department, Tulumba Department, Minas Department, Córdoba, La Paz, Córdoba, Pocho Department, Río Tercero, Córdoba, Villa Huidobro, Villa Del Rosario, Córdoba, Laboulaye, Córdoba, La Carlota, Córdoba, Argentina, Santa Rosa de Río Primero, Arroyito, Córdoba, Cosquín River, San Agustín, Córdoba, San Carlos Minas, Arias, Córdoba, Villa Del Totoral, Hernando, Córdoba, Malvinas Argentinas, Córdoba, Cuarto River, Salinas Grandes, Pascanas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 190. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:La Falda is a town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located 79 km from Córdoba City and 800 km from Buenos Aires. It has about 15,000 inhabitants as of the 2001 census . La Falda lies at the foot of two small mountains (Cerro El Cuadrado and Cerro La Banderita), and it is part of an important touristic circuit of the province (the Punilla Valley). The Punilla Department includes other tour...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3010858 ... Read more

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Part of a comprehensive series for the study of localities in countries around the world, this book looks at Argentina. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Applied Geography, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper explores environmental hazards, more specifically desertification processes, in an area of west central Argentina, addressing the combined influence of the physical framework and the long lasting human settlement and use of natural resources. It is based upon the analysis of remotely sensed using vegetation indices, image differentiation, change detection, and pattern metrics. The results indicate a net decreased in the amount of vegetation between 1973 and 2001, and increasing fragmentation of vegetation classes. This is interpreted as a sign of the presence of land degradation processes likely linked to human activities in the areas of irrigated farming, grazing, firewood gathering and population settlement. ... Read more

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Neo-liberalism has claimed another victim: Argentina. Since the 1970s, a brutal transference of resources from the poor to the rich has taken place here. The wealthy have exploited the tools of neo-liberalism to make fast profits for themselves and international interests without a thought for the country's future. On the 19th and 20th December 2001, Argentines took to the streets in their millions and said "Enough!" to the plunder: they called it the "Argentinazo", and their demand was "que se vayan todos" - "out with the lot of them" - the corrupt politicans, the interfering IMF, the rapacious foreign companies and international banks. Two years on, it is clear that the Argentinazo was a turning point in the political life of the country. It was a wake-up call to citizens that they need to be more involved in the running of the country, or soon there will be no country left to run. "We are millions" looks at the politics which led to mass poverty and unemployment and describes the rich and varied social responses to economic meltdown and political crisis. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Revista Geográfica, published by Instituto Panamericano de Geografica e Historia on July 1, 2002. The length of the article is 4269 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Análisis de variables demográficas en la provincia del Chaco (República Argentina) en el trienio 1996, 1997 y 1998.
Author: Ana María Foschiatti
Publication: Revista Geográfica (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2002
Publisher: Instituto Panamericano de Geografica e Historia
Issue: 132Page: 45(16)

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