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THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
BY PIERRE DENIS
BRAZIL
Translated, and with an Historical Chapter by Bernard Miall. With a Supplementary Chapter by Dawson A. Vindin, a Map and 36 Illustrations
Cloth, 15/- net. Third Impression
"Altogether the book is full of information, which shows the author to have made a most careful study of the country."—Westminster Gazette.
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd London
THE FALLS OF THE YGUASSU
Thirteen miles above the confluence with the Paraná. Like the Paraná at the Salto Guayra, the river cuts through a layer of basalt intercalated in the red sandstone. The forest of the province of Misiones has a tropical character near the river. The araucarias cover only the higher parts of the tableland.
Plate I.
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC · ITS DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS
By PIERRE DENIS, D. es L.
Agrégé d'Histoire et de Géographie
Translated by JOSEPH McCABE
T. FISHER UNWIN LTD
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE
First published in English in 1922
(All rights reserved)
INTRODUCTION
In the following chapters I have endeavoured to indicate theessential aspects of colonization in modern Argentina: the conquestof the soil by man, the exploitation of its natural resources, thedevelopment of agriculture and cattle-breeding, and the growth of thepopulation and enlargement of the urban centres.
For a new country like Argentina it is not convenient to adopt thestrictly regional plan which seems to be the best means of givinga co