John Hoyt Williams

The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800-1870

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Produktbeschreibung

Paraguay plays a very small role in the modern world, but for part of the nineteenth century it was a significant regional force. Between 1800 and 1865 it changed from an imperial backwater into a dynamic, dictator-led, financially sound nation. Then came the terrible War of the Triple Alliance, and by 1870 Paraguay had virtually been destroyed. John Hoyt Williams re-creates the era's people, places, and events in rich detail and a vigorous style, but this is much more than a mere narrative. His archival research in Paraguay and several other countries enables him to offer new facts and interpretations, correct a number of misapprehensions, and explode a few myths. He also provides the clearest, most objective portraits available of the three extraordinary men who ruled Paraguay during this time: Dr. José Gaspar de Francia, "El Supremo"; Carlos Antonio López, "the Corpulent Despot"; and López's flamboyant son Francisco Solano López. Discussions of social, economic, and cultural conditions round out a masterly account of a remarkable historical period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1979
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9780292770171
• ISBN-10: 0292770170
• Artikelnr.: 42058355

Autorenporträt

John Hoyt Williams (1940-2003) was Professor of History at Indiana State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapters
1. The “Provincia Gigante” in the Eighteenth Century
2. José Gaspar de Francia and the Paraguayan Revolution
3. Perpetual Means Forever: Francia and the Remodeling of Paraguayan Society
4. The Diplomacy of Isolation, 1820-1840
5. The Supreme Dictatorship, 1820-1840
6. The Old Order Changeth?
7. A New Paraguay is Stirring
8. The Economic Pulse Quickens
9. The Diplomacy of Frustration
10. Threat and Counter-Threat: The 1850s
11. Foreigners and the Modernization of Paraguay
12. “Francisco Solano’s Error: The War”
13. The Immolation of Paraguay
Notes
Bibliography
Index