Núñez Padín, Jorge Félix
75p., photos, wrps. Throughout 1967 the Naval Aviation Command dedicated itself to studying the replacement of its only combat jets, the Grumman F9F Panther, which had to be carried out in the shortest possible time. The new aircraft had to be capable of operating from the ARA (V-1) "Independence" aircraft carrier in order to maintain the embarked attack capacity - diminished since the retirement of the Vought F4U Corsair. As a conditioning factor, it had to be a two-seater suitable for training. So relevant was this capability that, after a transition period that would extend from 1969 to 1972, the selected model had to go to the Naval Aviation School, as a primary and basic jet trainer. Since the middle of the previous decade, Naval Aviation had been trying without success to obtain two-seat jets such as Lockheed T-33, Lockheed T2V SeaStar and Temco TT-1 Pinto.
Campbell, Ricardo
153p., photos, tables, bibl., indices, wrps. The expansion of the railroad in Argentina towards the end of the nineteenth century made it necessary to build workshops to repair and maintain the growing rolling stock, and over time, also to manufacture it. The four large broad gauge companies, with British capital, and the General Administration of the State Railways invested significant sums in the local manufacture of a high percentage of the new cars and wagons that they incorporated into service from 1910 to 1930. Subsequently, the The state-owned company continued its industrial work and undertook a process of renewal and expansion of its transportation capacity. The photographs that constitute the heart of this book illustrate these processes and give unequivocal testimony of how railways in Argentina gave rise to the birth of an important metalworking industry and played a key role in the country's economic transformation.
McCloud, James F.
252p., tables, indices, wrps. In 1954, Kaiser Industries decided to set up a plant in Argentina so to start local mass production of cars. This marked the beginning of IKA (Industrias Kaiser Argentina), a pioneer in Argentine car industry and, from a historical point of view, one of the most important companies in local car sector.Throughout this book, the head of Kaiser's operations in Argentina, James F. McCloud, narrates thirteen years of history.
201p., facsimiles, tables, wrps. By an order from King Charles X of April 17, 1825, France recognized the independence of its colony of Saint-Domingue. This recognition is subject to the payment, by the Republic of Haiti, of a sum of 150 million gold francs intended to compensate the French colonists who lost the properties that they held in the colony, between 1791 and 1804. In July 1825, accompanied by a squadron, a senior officer of the French navy well introduced to the Court, Baron de Mackau, is responsible for delivering this order to the President of Haiti, Jean-Pierre Boyer.
233p., wrps. "Apellidos de la Patria Vieja" is a study on last names in Argentina and their origins. Featured family surnames include: Sobremonte, Rivera, Morales, Castro y Calhorda, Sostoa, Ordóñez y Viana, Ellauri, Araucho, Pereyra, Gómez, Zorrilla de San Martín, Silva, Lasala, Forteza, de la Quintana, Badell, Estevan, Diaz Armesto, Barrero y Bustillo, Donovan, Pagalday, Andújar, Costales, Carro, and more. Inscribed by the author.
67p., photos, wrps. Aeronautical technology advanced considerably during the course of the Second World War. Once it was completed, the need for the Argentine Air Force to replace all of its outdated combat aircraft, essentially single-engine propellers with fixed landing gear, such as the Curtiss 75 and Northrop 8A-2, became evident. The country's solid economic position favored the purchase of modern aircraft, although options were scarce. Great Britain undoubtedly stood out with the De Havilland Vampire and the Gloster Meteor. The first meetings held between parties, at the end of 1945, took place within the greatest reserve. The thing is that the talks revolved around nothing less than the transfer of the most advanced aerial weapons system of the time and that would give rise to friction between the two main allied powers, over the convenience of allowing this operation. Argentine interest was focused on the Gloster Meteor.
249p., tables, graphics, bibl., indices, wrps. The book refers to inheritance systems and female dowries that included - among others - money, works of art, jewelry, houses, parcels, slaves, clothing. The topics were discussed by eleven researchers from universities and national and private institutions in Argentina and Spain.
84p., color plates, photos, b&w photos, bibl., wrps. "Orleans: A Tale of Two Americas", the first major museum exhibition to explore this artistic exchange. The exhibition featured more than 80 works, drawn from the LSU Museum of Art's collection, by Diego Rivera and Caroline Durieux, as well as paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, furniture, and decorative objects by artists like David Alfaro Siqueiros, Boyd Cruise, Elizabeth Catlett, and William Spratling borrowed from public and private collections, including the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Latin American Library at Tulane University. The richly illustrated bilingual exhibition catalog tells the story of a decades-long dialogue between Mexican and Louisianan artists that has generated artistic affinities that persist into the present.
