The Rio de la Plata from Colony to Nations: Commerce, Society, and Politics

This edited volume brings together essays that examine recent scholarship on the history of the Rio de la Plata region (present—day Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil) from the colonial period to the nineteenth century. It illustrates new themes and historical methods that have transformed the historiography of Rio de la Plata, including the use of new sources, digital methodologies and techniques, and innovative approaches to the already well—studied themes of gender, race, c...