The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800-1870
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, a…
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- ISBN: 978-0-292-77017-1
- EAN: 9780292770171
- Produktnummer: 17408935
- Verlag: University Of Texas Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1979
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 422 g
- Abbildungen: 4 b&w illus., 4 maps
- Gewicht: 422
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