CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



CHAPTER I 



THE NATURAL REGIONS OF ARGENTINA . . . . 17 



The physical environment Colonization and the natural 

 regions The struggle with the Indians Argentine unity 

 Argentina and the world. 



CHAPTER II 

 THE OASES OF THE NORTH-WEST 36 



The inhabited zones of the Andes in the north-west 

 Valles, Quebradas, Puna The irrigation of the valles 

 The historic routes Convoys of stock The breeding of 

 mules and the fairs The struggle of the breeders against 

 drought The Sierra de los Llanos. 



CHAPTER III 



TUCUMAN AND MENDOZA 68 



Tucuman and the road to Chile The climate and the culti- 

 vation of the sugar-cane The problem of manual labour 

 Irrigation at Mendoza Water-rights Viticulture Protec- 

 tion and the natural conditions. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE EXPLOITATION OF THE FORESTS .... 96 



Manual labour on the obrajes The land of the baftados and 

 the agricultural cantons of Corrientes The timber-yards 

 of the Chaco and the tannic-acid works of the Parana 

 The exploitation of the matt The forestry industry and 

 colonization. 



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