The Role of the Telegraph in the Consolidation and Expansion of the Argentine Republic

作者：John E. Hodge · 发表于：The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History · 年份：1984 · DOI：10.2307/1006948 · 被引用次数：11 · 研究领域：Media, Journalism, and Communication History、Argentine historical studies、Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books

From 1810, when the cabildo of Buenos Aires declared itself free from Spain, through the civil and parochial wars of the post independence period Argentina struggled for constitutional order and political unity. The tyranny of Rosas, the promulgation of the Federal Constitution in 1853, and its ultimate acceptance by the Province of Buenos Aires in 1862 highlighted the drama. Hampered by vast distances, primitive transportation facilities, and the presence of nomadic hostile Indians, the drive for national unity seemed to have reached a significant milestone in 1880. That year saw the creation of the Federal District on the heels of the suppression of a serious revolt against the national government by the Province of Buenos Aires. When the port city of Buenos Aires became the capital of the Republic, and the government of the province moved to the new city of La Plata, it must have appeared to casual observers that Argentina had arrived as a modern nation-state.