Ámbito profesional y mundo del trabajo

Barthelemy de Massiac, ingeniero militar frances, llega a Buenos Aires en 1660 procedente de B&frica, de paso hacia Lisboa. Un confuso episodio lo obliga a quedarse dos anos, durante los cuales oculta su identidad y traza en secreto planos de la ciudad y los alrededores. Vuelto a Europa, Massiac redacta una interesante Memoria que, con la firma de su hermano Pierre -poseedor de un titulo de nobleza-, envia en 1664 a Colbert, el gran ministro de Luis XIV. Colbert hace una serie de preguntas por escrito acerca de Buenos Aires, que Massiac responde en detalle. El asunto no prosperara, pero cinco ...

"Thoughtful examination of royalist intrigues and monarchist sympathies within the Argentine revolutionary elite just after independence. Segreti makes it clear that although the republican option was that which won out in the end, this was by no means inevitable, and many sincere revolutionaries regarded monarchy as an appropriate solution to the political chaos of their times"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Written by long-time editor of Todo es Historia, this is a highly polished popular history of Argentina in the 1850s-60s. Topics covered include the rise and fall of Urquiza, the beginnings of porteño domination under Mitre, the Paraguayan War, and the Montonero rebellions. Recommended for the general reader"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.