Judith NoemÍ Freidenberg is an Argentine-born Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Anthropology at the University of Maryland. Her previous books include Growing Old in El Barrio, Memorias de Villa Clara, and The Anthropology of Low Income Urban Enclaves: The Case of East Harlem.

• Foreword by June Nash Preface: The Story behind the Story Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Social Memory as Part of Villa Clara's History Chapter 2. Entre RÍos, Mi PaÍs: Immigrants Becoming Argentine in a Province Chapter 3. Colonia Clara and the Emergence of the "Jewish Gauchos" (1892-1902) Chapter 4. From Jewish Gauchos to Gaucho Jews: Regional Economic Development and Intercultural Relations at the End of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 5. The Rise and Demise of Jewish Villa Clara (1902-1930s) Chapter 6. Rural Depopulation and the Emergence of a Multiethnic and Socially Stratified Landscape in Villa Clara (1940s-1990s) Chapter 7. The Present as Politicized Past: Legitimizing Social Structure through Heritage (1990s-2000s) Epilogue: The Jewish Gaucho Revisited Appendix I: Methodological Notes Appendix II: Chronology of Relevant Events in Villa Clara Notes Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index

Judith NoemÍ Freidenberg is an Argentine-born Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Anthropology at the University of Maryland. Her previous books include Growing Old in El Barrio, Memorias de Villa Clara, and The Anthropology of Low Income Urban Enclaves: The Case of East Harlem.

• Foreword by June Nash Preface: The Story behind the Story Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Social Memory as Part of Villa Clara's History Chapter 2. Entre RÍos, Mi PaÍs: Immigrants Becoming Argentine in a Province Chapter 3. Colonia Clara and the Emergence of the "Jewish Gauchos" (1892-1902) Chapter 4. From Jewish Gauchos to Gaucho Jews: Regional Economic Development and Intercultural Relations at the End of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 5. The Rise and Demise of Jewish Villa Clara (1902-1930s) Chapter 6. Rural Depopulation and the Emergence of a Multiethnic and Socially Stratified Landscape in Villa Clara (1940s-1990s) Chapter 7. The Present as Politicized Past: Legitimizing Social Structure through Heritage (1990s-2000s) Epilogue: The Jewish Gaucho Revisited Appendix I: Methodological Notes Appendix II: Chronology of Relevant Events in Villa Clara Notes Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index

Judith NoemÍ Freidenberg is an Argentine-born Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Anthropology at the University of Maryland. Her previous books include Growing Old in El Barrio, Memorias de Villa Clara, and The Anthropology of Low Income Urban Enclaves: The Case of East Harlem.

• Foreword by June Nash Preface: The Story behind the Story Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Social Memory as Part of Villa Clara's History Chapter 2. Entre RÍos, Mi PaÍs: Immigrants Becoming Argentine in a Province Chapter 3. Colonia Clara and the Emergence of the "Jewish Gauchos" (1892-1902) Chapter 4. From Jewish Gauchos to Gaucho Jews: Regional Economic Development and Intercultural Relations at the End of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 5. The Rise and Demise of Jewish Villa Clara (1902-1930s) Chapter 6. Rural Depopulation and the Emergence of a Multiethnic and Socially Stratified Landscape in Villa Clara (1940s-1990s) Chapter 7. The Present as Politicized Past: Legitimizing Social Structure through Heritage (1990s-2000s) Epilogue: The Jewish Gaucho Revisited Appendix I: Methodological Notes Appendix II: Chronology of Relevant Events in Villa Clara Notes Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index