Alta en el Cielo Book by Lucas Botta - A History of the Argentine Flag Editorial Planeta (Spanish Edition)

ISBN: 9789504986959
Publisher: Planeta
Language: Spanish
Pages: 328
Author: Lucas Botta

"Alta en el cielo" reviews the history and evolution of the Argentine flag, delving into the fundamental yet curious and little-known events that defined its design and ensured its institutionalization. It is, at the same time, a story about what drives passion. The passion that led its author, young historian Lucas Botta, to create "Historia en Podcast," the pedagogical and creative tool he devised to ensure his high school students did not lose content or their connection to his subject during the lockdown and uncertainty of the pandemic. Over the months, the podcast, which has 160 episodes and more than 110,000 followers, transcended the classroom and became one of the most listened to in Argentina and the region.

With the same initiative, Botta researched and wrote about the passion that drove the men who undertook the task of creating an Argentine flag and understood the symbolic dimension of sovereignty. Thus, he recounts the efforts of San Martín and Belgrano and the chromatic disputes over what type of blue or light blue should identify us. He also recovers the imprint Juan Manuel de Rosas wanted to give and the times it flew over the Falkland Islands, and he analyzes how the national football team captures the essence of the blue and white to ignite a nation.