ine ▁Argent ine ▁national ist ▁in ▁history . ▁He ▁was ▁particularly ▁fix ated ▁on ▁the ▁dil ution ▁of ▁Argent ine ▁culture ▁that ▁he ▁fe ared ▁was ▁taking ▁place ▁due ▁to ▁what ▁he ▁believed ▁was ▁the ▁infl ux ▁of ▁Jews , ▁whom ▁he ▁identified ▁with ▁an arch ism , ▁Italian ▁pe as ants , ▁whom ▁he ▁identified ▁with ▁material ism , ▁and ▁international ▁fin ance , ▁which ▁he ▁believed ▁fuel led ▁dec ad ence ▁and ▁cosm opol itan ism . ▁El ▁Sol ar ▁de ▁la ▁R aza ▁in ▁particular ▁was ▁important ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Argent ine ▁national ism , ▁joining ▁Ro jas ' ▁La ▁R estaur acion ▁Nacional ista ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁great ▁found ing ▁documents ▁of ▁ide ological ▁national ism ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁book ▁ext ol led ▁the ▁virt ues ▁of ▁the ▁rural ▁over ▁the ▁urban , ▁reject ing ▁the ▁cosm opol itan ism ▁of ▁Argentina ' s ▁cities ▁and ▁claim ing ▁that ▁the ▁true ▁spirit ▁of ▁the ▁nation ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide ▁away ▁from ▁international ist ▁influ ences . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁national ist ▁writers ▁to ▁promote ▁Juan ▁Manuel ▁de ▁Ros as ▁as ▁an ▁arch et ype ▁of ▁Argent ine ▁values , ▁which ▁was ▁later ▁shared ▁by ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁contempor aries . ▁G ál vez ' s ▁hero ▁worship ▁of ▁Ros as ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁pen ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁five ▁nov els ▁set ▁during ▁his ▁rule , ▁to ▁become ▁joint ▁editor ▁of ▁a ▁journal ▁named ▁after ▁Ros as ▁and