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The Argentine Silent Majority is a monumental piece of scholarship that powerfully illuminates a crucial period in Argentina's recent history. Sebastian Carassai's research-his thorough reading of the press, his analysis of key mass cultural works, his reconsideration of now obscure opinion polls, and, most impressively, the large number of interviews that he conducted in three distinct research sites-constitutes a major contribution to our understanding of the 1970s in Argentina. -- Matthew Karush, author of Culture of Class: Radio and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920-1946 This fabulous work recasts debate on fundamental issues in Argentine history. On the most basic level, it employs innovative methods and imaginative insights to transform our perception of class and politics in the years between the emergence of guerrilla movements and the return of democracy. A rich exploration of the mental world of Latin America's largest middle class, The Argentine Silent Majority is a tour de force work of research, theory, and analysis. It will become required reading for anyone interested in class, violence, and memory. -- Mark Healey, author of The Ruins of the New Argentina: Peronism and the Remaking of San Juan after the 1944 Earthquake Sebastian Carassai's work is undoubtedly a welcome contribution to the scholarly literature due to the author's exhaustive examination of the complex and shifting relationship between the 'average' Argentine and violence... [T]he book helps readers to understand how middle-class disapproval of armed violence perpetrated by the revolutionary Left was not mirrored in the middle-class response to the terrorist state and in the ways in which collective memories of Peronism and violence continue to shape Argentina even today. -- Cara Levey Journal of Latin American Studies ...The Argentine Silent Majority offers a fine-grained portrait of middle class attitudes. ...This study merits careful consideration by specialists interested in contemporary Argentine history, class formation, and the ColdWar era. -- Eduardo Elena Hispanic American Historical Review Carrassai's study is a fantastic experiment in pushing the boundaries of traditional historical methodology, and it is as informative as it is entertaining to read. This work will serve well to set a new agenda for memory studies of this period. -- Jessica Stites Mor American Historical Review

The Argentine Silent Majority is a monumental piece of scholarship that powerfully illuminates a crucial period in Argentina's recent history. Sebastian Carassai's research - his thorough reading of the press, his analysis of key mass cultural works, his reconsideration of now obscure opinion polls, and, most impressively, the large number of interviews that he conducted in three distinct research sites - constitutes a major contribution to our understanding of the 1970s in Argentina. - Matthew Karush, author of Culture of Class: Race and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920-1946 This fabulous work recasts debate on fundamental issues in Argentine history. On the most basic level, it employs innovative methods and imaginative insights to transform our perception of class and politics in the years between the emergence of guerrilla movements and the return of democracy. A rich exploration of the mental world of Latin America's largest middle class, The Argentine Silent Majority is a tour de force work of research, theory, and analysis. It will become required reading for anyone interested in class, violence, and memory. - Mark Healey, author of The Ruins of the New Argentina: Peronism and the Remaking of San Juan after the 1944 Earthquake

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SebastiÁn Carassai is Research Associate at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council in Buenos Aires, member of the Center of Intellectual History in the National University of Quilmes, and Professor in the Sociology Department of the University of Buenos Aires.

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