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6/9/1942 - Resume of Ingenieros’ Observations on Argentina’s Sociological Evolution by Francis W. Herron

Fh VSE FOR PU LICt TION The City C6rdoba C6rdoba June Dear Roers Jos Ingenieros philosopher sociologist whose works considared Argentines objective interpretation score years Most vitins including Sociologa Argentina vitten before World War I Ingenieros although errors judgment perception which commands respect That perception almost prophetic sense Inenieros quite clearly forces which still having profound influence Argentine Hence I going resume observations Argentina SocioloGical Evolution first known Sociologa ArGentina It should observations those Of Argentine about Argentine years Now resume Inirants settled North America northern Euro southern Europeans settled tropical relatively small temper Central South America The nordic Latin races ferent staes civilization settlement There Great trast between their roductive capacity economic organization The colonizers North America marry Indians Rather pushed Redmen Westward westward until Indian disappeared The mediterranean conquistadores mixed profusely native races forming mestiza criolla leader Rorth American colonization marched nations Europe those formin capitalistic system Spain contrast burdened Rar Thousand Years The decadence remove predominant European politics already The Spanish conquest rapacious There spread super culture mundane esire exploit mines native races Ex ploitatiou watchword political military olicarchy which erned Spain which virtue power privileged provision onies import products colonies This conquest 8eter mined economic condition Spain spelled disaster future Latin America This system traces mentality Governin class It continues havin taken caudilloism medieval European feudalism The mestizo native Spanish cluded ertain privileges This class advantages Government privilege which would accrue usurped monopolistic pretensions Peninsula Independence logical result economic political decadence Peninsula That which North nerica considered question justice matter privilege South America In North America there people South America there class In North America there ideal South America there immediate necessity Is there wonder systems produced different mentalities The nineteenth century organization education Latin America beginning aside feudal regime Latin American countries impro political institutions though their economic regimes It endless There almost insuperable difficulty prventing political institutions becoming nothing flimsy tense Most Latin countries plunge feudal anarchy Civil caudilloism revolutions tical parties vague political cepts economic political anarchy caused colonial regime which Latin American society evolved During first twenty years Argentine national economic system engendered complete olitical anarchy That reason strong politics Proprietors lords their dominions In their hands rested political authority economic privi The latifundio cause caudilloism social institution which prevented politically economically important rural proletariat rinsing When trade began organized aspect unorganized feudalism became ganized feudalism This concept embodied person Juan Manuel Rosas The rgentine revolution managed cared little about interests agricultural class Hence campo domin cities change policies government For Buenos Aires there access public treasury which Argentine customs The obtaining power terror reigned other historical dents window dressing historians point describing transcendental events By using right place Argentine historians confuse themselves others calling dalism federalism It confounded civil struggles which curred early years ogthe Republic provinces really They wanted share customs receipts Porteos wanted customs duties themselves might exercise financial oolitical heoemony Regublic That essential cause secession Buenos Aires In event predominant economic interests country feudal After Rosas untry adopted federal constitution continued organized feudal system The feudal class defined interests economic development began The caudillo bcame estanciero The gaucho became Then force entered national scene colono looked estanciero Neither realized later children immigrant colono would become important political force provinces which settled especially provin litoral Basques Frenchmen Buenos Aires Province Italians Santa Fe Entre Ros endoza disputed lordship criollo landholder acquired The class general tried pretensions foreisn immigrants The passed during years little avail aainst political power latifundistas agriculture penetrate livestock raising production Industries sledding because scarcity population Com merce subordinated livestock farming With exception litoral country still continues dominated feudalism Today every logical points toward proletariat class proletariat sociological political sense This proletariat interests destined Oppose conservative class There therefore three classes considered There rural landed class highly conservative force Secondly there middle class being capitalism This class secondary tendencies On there industrlalist protectionimt other there commercial minded tradist Centered Buenos Aires contact outside world class likely liberal persuasions The proletariat rural industrial The rural proletariat political instrument conservatives The industrial proletariat toward socialism frame policies oposed interest income The century government class All civil struggles political ariations between oligarchies class Now caitalism beginning fight feudal privilege It interesting where aborning proletariat align itself fihhgfor concessions There great immigrations centuries Latin origin It surprising colono imigrants become Argentines assimilated essential characteristics national mentality Anglo Saxons excepted tending accent Latin spirit nationality The Ro La Plata center future Neo Latin which being formed temperate South America The progressive economic spiritual consolidation nations Uruguay southern Brazil central Argentina centra1 become factor peaceful idarity force common betterment counter force against excessiv influence foreign nations The absorbing economic influence English German Yankee imperialism natural result dynamic economic developments It natural bates rcise economic influence minor states This phenomenon cannot disapgear speeches declamations The defense South America against influence coordinate interests small states making important economic power which exert influence It surprise nation United States highly complex society tremendous 011ective functions should foreign relatio imperialistio Lohilosoph The foreign policy nation easily contradict domestic political orinoiples The actual indepen dence Latin countries Another center energy international scene adolescent Japan Who Argentina Aus tralia comeo important international affairs Brazil Chile touch II share influence There certain factors which determine relative mportance rentina Brazil Chile Territorial extension climate natural riches Uruguay forgotten discussion Chile lacks territorial extension fertile climate Brazil problem weigh against Ar gentina combines important factorS That resume There things which Ingenieros could foresee apreciate thirty forty years impulses vhich giving Brazil relatively greater significance fairer effective United States Latin American policy Nevertheless theor explanations highly regarded Argentine His ideas about Argen ambition leadership Latin America certainly keeping worthy consideration those understand Argentina As usual docket rather quizzes coming gencral subject communications other essential differences bsteen latifundio large estsmcias implications rGentine social structure Cramming tests killor ually before quizzes students ourselves thumbing through C6dio Civil trying legal principles vhich subjects Thursday Friday three Americans arrive three They referred Nyhus I letter J A Hopkins friend Vitt These Americans making rapid industrial survey Argentine under auspi Corporaci6n Promoci6n Intercambio I booked regular Saturday after class philosophy session student friends Vinter There sierras The mercury freezing point C6rd barbaric natives There system place lodging As I write letter I somehow keepin hands Of blanket which I bundled I notion blanket middle poncho Sincerely