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El tercerismo en el Uruguay. Ensayo. by Aldo E. SolariReview by: Claudio KrieghoffThe Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Feb., 1968), pp. 164-165Published by: Duke University PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2511464 .

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164 HAHR FEBRUARYthe data together,however, s Garcia's major contribution, or thenarrativehistory f the "intellectual process" (Chapter II) is littlemorethana listingof outstandingwriters nd bookmen. The historybuilt into the statistics s more interesting.The Spanish Civil War and World War II stimulatedthe pub-lishing ndustry n Argentinaby temporarily losing major sourcesof supply and making Buenos Aires the publishing center of theSpanish-speakingworld. During the decade 1938-1947thepublishingindustrygrewfaster than total industrialproduction,but once theexternal dvantagewas lost,the ndustry'sgrowth ate fell belowthatof industry n general. As for internalfactorshamperinggrowth,Garciamentions he ack ofpaper,thehighcost ofproduction,nd theinflationwhich is decapitalizingthe publishinghouses. He impliesthat the ndustry s hampered lso by the ack of a government olicyfavorable oit. In a final hapterhe proposesa policyto eliminate heobstacles n the industry'spath.Several items n theproposal contain allusions to the cultural en-terprise n producinga book. This is in keepingwith the assertionsmade in Chapter but thedata in themonograph ave not dealtwiththisaspect of the industry, nd so the assertions ose their relevance.Recent events nArgentinafurtherweaken Garcia's assertions, ortherevolutionary overnment as intervenedn theUniversity f BuenosAires and all but destroyedtspress. By so doing t showedvery ittleregard for intellectualendeavorgenerallyand for publishingas aninstrument f national cultureor a formof social capital intimatelyconnectedwitheconomicdevelopment.

Yale University JOSEPH S. TULCHINEl tercerismo n el Uruguay. Ensayo. By ALDO E. SOLARI. Monte-video,1965. Editorial Alfa. Appendix. Pp. 189. Paper. $2.00.

As director f the Social Sciences Instituteand professor f lawat the National Universityof Montevideo,Aldo E. Solari is deeplyinterestedn those social and politicalaspectsthat have characterizedthe intellectual ife ofUruguay duringthe last thirtyyears. One ofthese is the ideologyof tercerismo,the kind of positionthat is anactive struggle gainstboth mperialisms,nding n favorof liberty"(p. 184). In four images Solari traces the historicalbackgroundofUruguayantercerismon relationship o international vents, reedomof thespirit, mperialisms,nternationalism,emocracy,nd the iden-tification f a great menace: the United States. Then he considers

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