ng when he speaks of the gaucho of Argentina. Also, Sarmiento’s view of a better Argentina includes Democracy and freedom of ideas, something that is not being carried out by Rosas. In contrast, Rosas is attempting to keep dictatorship. As far as the religions of Argentina, there is not much mentioned in the book, but what is known is that many of the gauchos of Pampas were Jewish and that Catholicism was still the strongest religion in Argentina, as well as the rest of the New World. Economically speaking, Argentina depended very much on its agricultural richness. Many of Argentina’s people live and worked on pastures through out the land. Taking a look at the Argentina culture you can is that it is diversified with the people from the cities to the people that lived in country. First, the cities were filled with churches, manufactories, shops, schools, and everything thing else that showed a civilized nation. The city people would wear European dresses, had a set form of government, and lived in a civilized manner. Beyond the cities were the people in the country, who had different ways of living than that of the people from the city. Country people would dress more common, in the South American style of dressing. In this country people hated the ways of the city people, and anyone who came from the city to the rural country areas would receive a beating if seen. These country people would reject all the things civilized in a city. In order to compare and contrast the events taking place in Argentina to that of other countries, I have chosen several points from the textbook and from class notes.First, one could compare the way that Mexico was very similar to Argentina at the time. Augustin Iturbide was very much like Rosas being that the both of them were dictators and wanted to rule over all of the land. Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana was very much like Sarmiento in that both of them strive for a democracy. Both Santa An...
