by Carmen Bernand · FCE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789505572823
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«Historia de Buenos Aires» is the historical essay by Carmen Bernand, published by Fondo de Cultura Económica in paperback (428 pages, in Spanish).
It traces the history of Buenos Aires from its foundation in 1536, surrounded by legends, to its rebirth on the pampa, its role in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and its transformation into an immigrant metropolis. It covers the rise of tango, the devotion to Gardel, Evita Perón or Maradona, the 1976 dictatorship and the struggle of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
Carmen Bernand is an anthropologist, lived in Buenos Aires for twenty-five years and is co-author, with Serge Gruzinski, of Historia del Nuevo Mundo.
Aimed at readers interested in the history of Buenos Aires and Argentina, tango culture and the country's social and political processes.
Carmen Bernand is a French anthropologist, historian and Latin Americanist.
