On Argentina

On Argentina
Title On Argentina PDF eBook
Author Jorge Luis Borges
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 0
Release 2010-06-29
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 0143105736

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A literary guide to Argentina by its most famous writer Jorge Luis Borges wrote about Argentina as only someone passionate about his homeland can. On Argentina reveals the many facets of his passion in essays, poems, and stories through which he sought to bring Argentina forward on the world stage, and to do for Buenos Aires what James Joyce did for Dublin. In colorful pieces on the tango and the gaucho, on the card game truco, and on the criollos (immigrants from Spain) and compadritos (street-corner thugs), we gain insight not only into unique aspects of Argentine culture but also into the intellect and values of one of Latin America’s most influential writers. Featuring material available in English for the first time, this unprecedented collection is an invaluable literary and travel companion for devotees of both Borges and Argentina.

Vino Argentino

Vino Argentino
Title Vino Argentino PDF eBook
Author Laura Catena
Publisher Chronicle Books
Pages 242
Release 2010-09
Genre Cooking
ISBN 0811873307

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Presents a tour of Argentina's wine region, with information about the climate, local attractions, wine varieties, and local cuisine of each location.

On Argentina and the Southern Cone

On Argentina and the Southern Cone
Title On Argentina and the Southern Cone PDF eBook
Author Alejandro Grimson
Publisher Routledge
Pages 228
Release 2014-04-23
Genre Social Science
ISBN 131779379X

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This book considers how globalization is impacting contemporary Argentina-via regional trading blocs, through migrations across its borders, and through the emerging transnational border regions that it shares with other Latin American nations. Overshadowing all of these trends is the current crisis brought on by both international financial institutions possessing an increasing say over how the country is run and internal elites trying to use Argentina's integration into the world financial system to their own advantage. Argentina has long imagined itself as a European nation, qualitatively different from its Latin American neighbors. But recent events are forcing it to change its perception of itself. As the size of Argentina's transnational community continues to swell, and as the nation continues its financial and social implosion, Argentinians are being forced to re-imagine the nation as being Latin American, replete with the histories and problems of that part of the world.

The Impact of Trade with China and India on Argentina's Manufacturing Employment

The Impact of Trade with China and India on Argentina's Manufacturing Employment
Title The Impact of Trade with China and India on Argentina's Manufacturing Employment PDF eBook
Author Luis Castro
Publisher World Bank Publications
Pages 30
Release 2007
Genre Argentina
ISBN

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For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a looming shadow of two "mighty giants" on the region's manufacturing sector. Are they really mighty giants when it comes to their impact on manufacturing employment? The authors attempt to answer this question by estimating the effects of trade with China and India on Argentina's industrial employment. They use a dynamic econometric model and industry level data to estimate the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina's manufacturing sector. Results suggest that trade with China and India only had a small negative effect on industrial employment, even during the swift trade liberalization of the 1990s.

The Effect of Foreign Entry on Argentina's Domestic Banking Sector

The Effect of Foreign Entry on Argentina's Domestic Banking Sector
Title The Effect of Foreign Entry on Argentina's Domestic Banking Sector PDF eBook
Author
Publisher World Bank Publications
Pages 34
Release 1999
Genre Banca internacional - Argentina
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Patients of the State

Patients of the State
Title Patients of the State PDF eBook
Author Javier Auyero
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 211
Release 2012-05-04
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0822352338

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Describes the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. This title also describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums.

Fútbol, Jews, and the Making of Argentina

Fútbol, Jews, and the Making of Argentina
Title Fútbol, Jews, and the Making of Argentina PDF eBook
Author Raanan Rein
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 241
Release 2014-11-05
Genre History
ISBN 0804793042

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If you attend a soccer match in Buenos Aires of the local Atlanta Athletic Club, you will likely hear the rival teams chanting anti-Semitic slogans. This is because the neighborhood of Villa Crespo has long been considered a Jewish district, and its soccer team, Club Atlético Atlanta, has served as an avenue of integration into Argentine culture. Through the lens of this neighborhood institution, Raanan Rein offers an absorbing social history of Jews in Latin America. Since the Second World War, there has been a conspicuous Jewish presence among the fans, administrators and presidents of the Atlanta soccer club. For the first immigrant generation, belonging to this club was a way of becoming Argentines. For the next generation, it was a way of maintaining ethnic Jewish identity. Now, it is nothing less than family tradition for third generation Jewish Argentines to support Atlanta. The soccer club has also constituted one of the few spaces where both Jews and non-Jews, affiliated Jews and non-affiliated Jews, Zionists and non-Zionists, have interacted. The result has been an active shaping of the local culture by Jewish Latin Americans to their own purposes. Offering a rare window into the rich culture of everyday life in the city of Buenos Aires created by Jewish immigrants and their descendants, Fútbol, Jews, and the Making of Argentina represents a pioneering study of the intersection between soccer, ethnicity, and identity in Latin America and makes a major contribution to Jewish History, Latin American History, and Sports History.