South American Progress
Clarence Henry Haring
Harvard University Press
At the present time, when the South American republics have completed a century of experience as sovereign nations, an accounting should be made of the progress they have achieved and some intimation be given of their promise for the future. They have importance for us not only for their trade or for the dividends we may extract from them but also for the increasing significance of their artistic and intellectual life; and this importance will be much greater in the future than in the past. Professor Haring’s first-hand acquaintance with them will help the average American to understand and appreciate their background, their problems, and their point of view.
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