Recollection of a Provincial Past

By:

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Library of Latin America

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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentina's leading writer, educator, and politician of the nineteenth century, and served as President from 1868 to 1874. Of his several autobiographies, the best-known Recollections of a Provincial Past is one of the indisputable classics of Spanish American literature, as well as one of the earliest autobiographies written in the Americas in Spanish. Written in exile in 1850, the memoirs describe his childhood and adolescence in an Andean province whose customs were still those of a colony. Sarmiento presents his life as the triumph of civilization over barbarism; looking back on his youth, he measures his wealth and strength by the accumulation of enriching personal and political experiences. He compares himself to the newly independent Argentina, claiming to be a historically representative individual whose trajectory serves to illuminate contemporary South America.

Author Biography:

Elizabeth Garrels is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Massachussets Institute of Technology and a recognized authority on Sarmiento. Asa Zatz teaches translation at New York University and the City College of New York.

Release date Australia

April 14th, 2005

Author

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Translated by Asa Zatz
Translated by Elizabeth Garrels

Illustrations

1 map, 1 halftone

Pages

376

Series

Library of Latin America

Dimensions

139x208x29

ISBN-13

9780195113709

Product ID

5693749

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