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Cultured scion of a famous family and nephew of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas, Lucio V. Mansilla (1831-1913) undertook an "excursion" to the Argentine interior in 1870 to visit natives in areas then largely unknown. In a series of letters, Mansilla recorded invaluable ethnographic observations and perspectives on the "Indian question" and the dichotomy of civilization and barbarism. Illustrated. 448 pp.

Produktbeschreibung
Cultured scion of a famous family and nephew of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas, Lucio V. Mansilla (1831-1913) undertook an "excursion" to the Argentine interior in 1870 to visit natives in areas then largely unknown. In a series of letters, Mansilla recorded invaluable ethnographic observations and perspectives on the "Indian question" and the dichotomy of civilization and barbarism. Illustrated. 448 pp.
Autorenporträt
Translator Eva Gillies, who was born in Argentina, is retired from a lectureship at the University of London.