Facundo or Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo R. Sarmiento "Facundo or, Civilization and Barbarism," by Domingo F. Sarmiento is a book which talks about the many topics of government and political situations in which Argentina was involved. Mary Mann is the translator of the book and the introduction is by Ilan Stavans. The time period the story takes place in is the nineteenth century, but the book was written in 1845. The geographic areas in which the events take place are Argentina,
Argentina from 1829 until 1839 and from 1835 until 1852, may suggest that Rosas was a cruel individual who was resented by the general public if one were to solely take into account Domingo Faustino Sarmiento’s depiction of his rule in his book, Facundo, or Civilization and Barbarism.1 In an excerpt from the book, Sarmiento