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“The literate city” by Ángel Rama

“Brilliant analysis of the Latin American intelligentsia from a broad historical perspective; collects the letters, the words and the speeches that weave the Latin American “logos” from colonization and conquest to the contemporary crisis.”

Extracted from the back cover of the issue.

See also:

http://www.critica.cl/html/c_brito_04.htm

http://www.henciclopedia.org.uy/autores/Remedi/ciudadletrada.htm

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Rama

The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in reading this recommendation, you can check its availability in the library catalogue.

The learned city / Ángel Rama; foreword by Eduardo Subirats and Erna von der Walde. - [Mexico]; Madrid: Fineo, cop. 2009. — 257 p. ; 17cm

DL M 6670-2009 — ISBN 978-970-9957-18-1