Juan Carlos Garavaglia and the economic-social history of Latin America. Some history and living lessons

Abstract

This paper brings out many characteristics between the historiography work and the life of Juan Carlos Garavaglia. Those links, coloured by some personal anecdotes (which are in part already published in Una juventud en los años sesenta and some other which are called by the author for this occasion), show how different aspects of temperament and talent of the author of Mercado Interno…were manifested along his work and his relationships. The extensive interests, the daring of his proposals, the depth of approaches or the passion for the outside-observing are some of the faces of a portrait that Jorge Gelman, friend and colleague of Juan Carlos, left us just a few days before passing away himself, too early as well.