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| Al⋅ci⋅des [ahl-see-thes] , 1879–1946, Bolivian author, sociologist, and statesman. |
Alcides Arguedas
Bolivian novelist, journalist, sociologist, historian, and diplomat whose sociological and historical studies and realistic novels were among the first to focus attention on the social and economic problems of the South American Indian.
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