by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento · Planeta. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432039591
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"Facundo, civilización y barbarie" is a sociological and historical essay written by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento in 1845. In this work, Sarmiento analyzes the 19th-century Argentine society, contrasting European civilization with the barbarism of rural areas and caudillismo. Through the figure of Facundo Quiroga, a Riojan caudillo, the author explores the tensions between progress and tradition, city and countryside, and the influence of geography on the formation of the Argentine national identity. This edition from Planeta, published in 1986, includes an introduction and notes by María Teresa Bella and Jordi Estrada, enriching the understanding of this classic of Hispanic American literature.
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the Generation of 1837, who had a great influence on 19th-century Argentina.
