Liberal Thought in Argentina, 1837-1940

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Contents Introduction / ix by Natalio R. Botana and Ezequiel Gallo ChaptER 1 Liberalism during the Dictatorship of Rosas (1837–1850) / 1 1 Juan Bautista Alberdi: The Argentine Republic, Thirty-seven Years after the May Revolution (1847) / 3 2 Esteban Echeverría: Symbolic Words (1837) (Excerpts) / 27 3 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento: Civilization and Barbarism: The Life of Juan Facundo Quiroga: Introduction to the 1845 Edition / 48 4 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento: The United States (1847) (Excerpt) / 58 ChaptER 2 The Framework of the National Constitution (1852–1860) / 113 1 Juan Bautista Alberdi: Bases and Starting Points for the Political Organization of the Argentine Republic (1852) (Excerpts) / 115 2 Juan Bautista Alberdi: The Economic and Revenue System of the Argentine Confederation According to Its Constitution of 1853 (Excerpts) / 177 3 Part 1 of the Constitution of the Argentine Nation (1853—1860—1866) / 216 ChaptER 3 Liberalism in a New Nation (1857–1879) / 223 1 Bartolomé Mitre: Protection of Agriculture (1857) / 225 2 Bartolomé Mitre: On Trade (1869) / 230 3 Bartolomé Mitre: Chivilcoy Speech (1868) (Excerpt) / 236 4 Bartolomé Mitre: Governments as Business Managers (1869) / 245 vi : contentS 5 José Hernández: Governments as Business Managers (1869) / 250 6 Bartolomé Mitre: Immigration (1870) / 253 7 Nicolás Avellaneda: On Laws Concerning Public Lands: Conclusion (1865) / 257 8 Leandro N. Alem: Investigation into the National Secondary School of Buenos Aires (Excerpt from Speech to Legislature of Buenos Aires Province, 22nd Ordinary Session, June 28, 1876) / 264 9 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento: The Social Contract in the Argentine Republic (1879) / 271 ChaptER 4 Liberalism in Government and in Opposition (1880–1910) / 277 1 Leandro N. Alem: Speech on the Federalization of Buenos Aires (1880) / 279 2 Juan Bautista Alberdi: The Omnipotence of the State Is the Negation of Individual Liberty (1880) / 284 3 Julio Argentino Roca: Presidential Messages (1881–1886) / 290 4 Pedro Goyena: Speech on the Common Education Act (1883) / 294 5 Delfín Gallo: Speech on the Common Education Act (1883) / 301 6 Roque Sáenz Peña: Speech on the American “Zollverein” (1889) (Conference of the Pan-American Union) / 308 7 Leandro N. Alem: Speech at the National Senate (1891) / 314 8 Unión Cívica [Civic Union]: Declaration of Principles (1891) / 319 9 Francisco Barroetaveña: Speech in the Debate on a Mandatory National Language for Schools (1896) / 325 10 Francisco Barroetaveña: Speech on the Customs Act (1894) / 333 11 Pedro Coronado: Speech on the Residence Act (1904) / 336 12 Juan Bautista Justo: Signor Lorini’s Monetary Theory (1904) / 339 contentS : vii 13 José Nicolás Matienzo: Representative Federal Government in the Argentine Republic (1910) / 345 ChaptER 5 Liberalism on the Defensive (1912–1940) / 363 1 Roque Sáenz Peña: Message on the Electoral Reform (Buenos Aires, February 29, 1912) / 365 2 Juan Bautista Justo: The Protectionist Fallacy (1916) / 373 3 Antonio Bermejo: Dissenting Opinion in Ercolano, Agustín v. Lanteri Renshaw, Julieta (1922) / 375 4 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear and José Nicolás Matienzo: Message and Bill of the Executive Declaring the Need to Amend Articles 42, 46, 67, Section 7, and 75 and 87 of the National Constitution (1923) / 387 5 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear and Víctor Molina: Internal Taxation (1924) / 392 6 José Nicolás Matienzo: Civilization Is the Work of the People, Not of the Rulers (1932) (Excerpts) / 405 7 Emilio A. Coni: Letter to a Martian (1933) / 411 8 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear: Speech Delivered as Guest of Honor of the British Chamber of Commerce in the Argentine Republic at Lunch in the Plaza Hotel, July 11, 1940 / 416 Short Biographies / 427 Chronology / 431 Index / 433 ...