Description

The volume gathers a series of newspaper essays written in 1855 that grapple with the most heated political and economic debates of early Argentina. It examines the clash between protectionist customs and the emerging case for free‑trade, laying out arguments that were already familiar to modern economists while revealing how entrenched habits still shaped policy. A second portion turns to a constitutional controversy, unpacking Article 6 of the national charter and the diplomatic friction it sparked.

The final essays focus on a diplomatic crisis that brought a Brazilian naval squadron into the Río de la Plata, raising urgent questions about sovereignty and riverine navigation. Drawing on contemporary legal doctrine and firsthand reports, the author maps the competing claims of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, and asks whether the passage of foreign warships should be permitted. Readers are treated to a vivid snapshot of 19th‑century statecraft, where economic theory, constitutional law, and international power politics intersect.

Details

Language

Duration

~4 hours (235K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Release date

2016-07-04

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52499