James Brennan is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside, and has published widely on modern Argentine history.

Ofelia Pianetto is Professor Emeritus at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba and specializes in Argentine social and labor history.

The editors of this fine book are correct in decrying the lack of serious regional studies in Argentina. Regional studies of Mexico, by contrast, have dominated Mexican historiography in the last 25 years. The introduction correctly points out that Buenos Aires dominated Argentina so thoroughly, since at least 1880 , that attention on the port city and national themes have too often obscured events in the interior. This anthology is a notable contribution because it is one of the few books in English that addresses regional history directly. As in all edited volumes, quality varies. Brennan has done yeoman work in translating Spanish-language items into English.