Uruguay's José Batlle y Ordóñez
Subtitle: the determined visionary, 1915-1917
By: Milton I. Vanger.
Contributors: Vanger, Milton I.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781588266941
Subjects: Batlle y Ordóñez, José, -- 1856-1929; Batlle y Ordóñez, José, -- 1856-1929 -- Political and social views; Viera, Feliciano, -- 1872-1927; Presidents -- Uruguay -- Biography; Social reformers -- Uruguay -- Biography; Social problems -- Uruguay -- History -- 20th century; Constitutional history -- Uruguay; Uruguay -- Politics and government -- 1904-1973; Uruguay -- Social policy
Genres: Biography
Notes: Continues: The model country : José Batlle y Ordoñez of Uruguay, 1907-1915. Hanover, NH : University of New England Press, 1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Viera's inauguration; title: Piedras blancas; title: Constitutional reform; title: Batlle's reforms; title: The eight-hour day; title: Education; title: Rancher opposition; title: Old age pensions; title: "Catholicism in our times"; title: Campaigning; title: Enforcing the eight-hour day; title: Explaining the Colegiado; title: Opposing the Colegiado; title: The right to food; title: Vote Colegialist or stay home?; title: Election eve; title: The Colegiado's defeat; title: Viera's halt; title: Batlle's burial; title: The grand solution; title: New cabinet; title: The January 14, 1917, election; title: Batlle resurrected; title: The Committee of Eight and the new Constitution; title: Where will the new Constitution take us?; title: Uruguay wins diplomatically; title: Viera ends the halt; title: Batlle's "My conduct in the reform"; title: Epilogue