Starting in 1904, and more markedly after the rejection of the British invasion, a subtle decay became apparent in the Spanish domination structure in the River Plate. This title chronicles and explains this complex and fundamental stage of the Argentine past.

Dr. Felix Luna, the most prestigious Latin American history scholar, narrates in a catching and fluid prose the difficult relationship between the port city and the inland provinces of Argentina, highlighting the roots of the conflicts that nest deeply in the bumpy socio-economic evolution path of the country that baffles analysts worldwide.

Dr. Luna shows that the Argentine history is a counterpoint of fractures and continuities whose comprehension is necessary in order to the result.Through a catching prose he presents characters and moments, processes and situations that at its time were active agents both of sudden change and silent evolution.

CONFLUENCIAS 172 pages - IN SPANISH Dr. Felix Luna, the most prestigious Latin American history scholar, discusses the merger process of the Spanish and precolumbian American cultures. Crashes and conflict anecdotes are overlooked, and the Author focuses in what today constitutes the people of the Spanish America, unearthing the clues of the particular crossbreeding that underlies not only in the racial but also in the linguistic, artistic, religious and institutional aspects of this unique and many times fascinating melt-pot culture.