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Juan Álvarez (historian)

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363:("History of Rosario"), which, like other works that deal with the interaction of geography, economy and politics, is considered a seminal work, which introduces the concept of the city as a subject matter, starting from its local identity, without a forced reference to national matters. His thesis about the asymmetric relationships between his adopted home town, Rosario, and the capital city of Santa Fe, opposes the dynamism of the former (devoid of a colonial past or an aristocratic class) and the bureaucratic tradition of the latter. This idea is still considered valid and continues to re-emerge in popular and intellectual discourse today. 232: 320: 25: 133: 303:
His first books argued that the roots of a nationality should not be sought in the old times, but in the future. This topic was especially relevant due to the wave of nationalistic pride sweeping Argentina near the centennial of its liberation from Spain (the
296:, and made friends within the professional and business elite, as well as firm links with other Argentine intellectuals. He was of a liberal mindset, opposed to 42: 444: 439: 424: 340:
In 1914, Álvarez wrote about the civil wars of Argentina from an economic point of view, and explicitly looking to prevent similar wars in the future.
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In 1913, Álvarez founded a public library in Rosario. This library, which is the largest in the city, carries at present the name of
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affected his liberal mindset, which led him to write a criticism of liberalism and its limitations. Similar crises came after the
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he went as far as claiming that Argentine history is nonexistent before 1853 (year of the framing of
366:Álvarez was the Attorney General of the Nation between 1935 and 1946. He died in Rosario in 1954. 319: 240: 282: 293: 353: 305: 236: 281:, where the ruling class of the time was raised. His doctoral thesis was evaluated by 393: 278: 341: 297: 270: 24: 376: 249:(3 September 1878 – 8 April 1954) was a judge and historian born in 132: 289: 273:
in Argentina. His father, Serafín Álvarez, was an exiled Republican
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Attorney General of Argentina
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