Natalia Milanesio: 3 books

In nearly every account of modern Argentine history, the first Peronist regime (1946–55) emerges as the critical juncture. Appealing to growing masses of industrial workers, Juan Perón built a powerful populist movement that transformed economic and political structures, promulgated new conceptions...

In 1951 an Argentine newspaper announced that the standard of living of workers in Argentina was “the highest in the world.” More than half a century later, Argentines still look back to the mid-twentieth century as the “golden years of Peronism,” a time when working people, who had struggled...

Entre 1946 y 1955, el peronismo clásico fue el escenario de un cambio sin precedentes en el país: como consecuencia del incremento del salario real y del desarrollo de la industria, amplios sectores de la población comenzaron a participar en espacios y prácticas de consumo que muy raramente habían...