The rise and fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800-1870 / by John Hoyt Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, John Hoyt, author.

Series:

Latin American monographs (University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Latin American Studies) ; no. 48.

Latin American monographs ; number 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paraguay--History--1811-1870.

Paraguay.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Austin : Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, [1979]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. The "Provincia Gigante" in the Eighteenth Century

2. José Gaspar de Francia and the Paraguayan Revolution

3. Perpetual Means Forever: Francia and the 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-0706-0

OCLC:

1280943445