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Contents Contents acknowledgments ix list of abbreviations xi Introduction 1 1 The Economic and Political Setting 12 2 Creating the Image: Construction of the Images of Yrigoyen and Alvear 35 3 The Limits of Patronage 65 4 When Bosses and Workers Agreed: The Failure of Social Welfare Legislation 95 5 Yrigoyen and the Limitations of Obrerismo, 1916–1922 115 6 Alvear and the Attempted Establishment of an Institutionalized Relationship with Labor, 1922–1928 149 7 Yrigoyen and the Failure to Reestablish Obrerismo, 1928–1930 177 Conclusion 201 bibliography 211 index 231 ...

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