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Modern Paraguay

Author : Tomás Mandl
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476642893
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Modern Paraguay written by Tomás Mandl and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paraguay has been called the least-known country in Latin America, an island surrounded by land, and the "South American Tibet." For many years, foreign writers and journalists described it as an enigmatic land where a peculiar people endured calamities and Nazis sought refuge. Tomas Mandl spent 2016 to 2020 traveling through the country, meeting leading minds and sifting through data. Drawing on more than 40 interviews with historians, political scientists, economists, journalists and diplomats, this book provides a timely assessment of Paraguay's strengths, challenges and developmental outlook, and their implications for the world.

Modern Paraguay

Author : Tomás Mandl
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476684685
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Modern Paraguay written by Tomás Mandl and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paraguay has been called the least-known country in Latin America, an island surrounded by land, and the "South American Tibet." For many years, foreign writers and journalists described it as an enigmatic land where a peculiar people endured calamities and Nazis sought refuge. Tomas Mandl spent 2016 to 2020 traveling through the country, meeting leading minds and sifting through data. Drawing on more than 40 interviews with historians, political scientists, economists, journalists and diplomats, this book provides a timely assessment of Paraguay's strengths, challenges and developmental outlook, and their implications for the world.

Paraguay in Pictures

Author : Alison Behnke
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 1575059622
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Paraguay in Pictures written by Alison Behnke and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a photographic introduction to the land, history, government, economy, people and culture of the South American nation of Paraguay.

Native Peoples, Politics, and Society in Contemporary Paraguay

Author : Barbara A. Ganson
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826362583
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Book Synopsis Native Peoples, Politics, and Society in Contemporary Paraguay by : Barbara A. Ganson

Download or read book Native Peoples, Politics, and Society in Contemporary Paraguay written by Barbara A. Ganson and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of multidisciplinary essays explores recent developments in Paraguay over the course of the last thirty years since General Alfredo Stroessner fell from power in 1989. Stroessner’s strong authoritarian legacy continues to exert an impact on Paraguay’s political culture today, where the conservative Colorado Party continues to dominate much of the political landscape in spite of the country having transitioned into a modern democracy. The essays in Native Peoples, Politics, and Society in Contemporary Paraguay provide new understandings of how Paraguay has become more integrated into the regional economy and societies of Latin America and changed in unexpected ways. The scholarship examines how the political change impacted Paraguayans, especially its indigenous population, and how the country adapted as it emerged from authoritarian traditions. Each contribution is exemplary in the scope and depth of its understanding of Paraguay, especially its indigenous peoples, politics, women’s rights, economy, and natural environment.

Spanish-Guarani Relations in Early Colonial Paraguay

Author : Elman R. Service
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN 13 : 1949098346
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Spanish-Guarani Relations in Early Colonial Paraguay written by Elman R. Service and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1954-01-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington

Author : South Kensington Museum Art Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 902 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington written by South Kensington Museum Art Division and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Paraguay Reader

Author : Peter Lambert
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822395398
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Paraguay Reader written by Peter Lambert and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by its isolation. Partly as a result, there has been a dearth of serious scholarship or journalism about the country. Going a long way toward redressing this lack of information and analysis, The Paraguay Reader is a lively compilation of testimonies, journalism, scholarship, political tracts, literature, and illustrations, including maps, photographs, paintings, drawings, and advertisements. Taken together, the anthology's many selections convey the country's extraordinarily rich history and cultural heritage, as well as the realities of its struggles against underdevelopment, foreign intervention, poverty, inequality, and authoritarianism. Most of the Reader is arranged chronologically. Weighted toward the twentieth century and early twenty-first, it nevertheless gives due attention to major events in Paraguay's history, such as the Triple Alliance War (1864–70) and the Chaco War (1932–35). The Reader's final section, focused on national identity and culture, addresses matters including ethnicity, language, and gender. Most of the selections are by Paraguayans, and many of the pieces appear in English for the first time. Helpful introductions by the editors precede each of the book's sections and all of the selected texts.

A Guide to Collections on Paraguay in the United States

Author : Jerry W Cooney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313387702
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Collections on Paraguay in the United States written by Jerry W Cooney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-06-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the researcher with an excellent tool for investigating the history, politics, and culture of Paraguay. Although various libraries, museums, and archives in the U.S. contain documentary collections of interest to Paraguayanists, they are little known and thus underutilized. Whigham and Cooney help correct this problem. Not only do they describe the most famous collections in such libraries as the University of Texas at Austin, the Library of Congress, and the Oliveira Lima Library at Catholic University, they have also uncovered some obscure materials. From the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco to the Mennonite Archives at Bethel College in Kansas, they have run the gamut of available resources. This guide discusses diplomatic correspondence, genealogical materials, missionary records, political reports, and unpublished personal reminiscences. The authors also offer hints and advice on working in the various repositories and suggest research themes that might be developed using particular collections. An attractive format and a thorough subject index make this volume easy to use as well as informative.

Historical Dictionary of Paraguay

Author : R. Andrew Nickson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810879646
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Paraguay written by R. Andrew Nickson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land-locked Paraguay is one of the smaller nations of Latin America, whose global image is now changing very rapidly. In the process, the tired stereotype of a “forgotten” country comprising only military dictators, Nazis, and steam trains is being rapidly discarded. Indeed Paraguay is now no longer off the map and its unique history is attracting growing interest. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Paraguay covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Paraguay.

Francisco Solano López and the Ruination of Paraguay

Author : James Schofield Saeger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742537552
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Francisco Solano López and the Ruination of Paraguay written by James Schofield Saeger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first serious biography of Francisco Solano L pez in English for decades, this richly researched book tells the dramatic story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, L pez was a monumentally flawed leader who made the disastrous decisions in 1864 and 1865 to invade Paraguay's powerful neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, initiating the most devastating interstate conflict in South American history. Drawing on a trove of primary sources, James Schofield Saeger offers a critical analysis of L pez's personality and often-irrational persecution of enemies, adherents, and siblings. He traces L pez's preparation for high public office, work habits, control of his nation and army, propaganda, and execution. Concluding with an examination of L pez's posthumous rehabilitation, Saeger shows how the tyrant who ruined his nation became its most highly honored hero, crowning a campaign by revisionist publicists from 1870-1936, and a useful symbol for later authoritarians. Still largely unchallenged in Paraguay today, this glorification of a martial president is definitively put to rest in Saeger's meticulous study.

Hydropolitics

Author : Christine Folch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069118660X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Hydropolitics written by Christine Folch and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the people and institutions connected with the Itaipoe Dam, the world's biggest producer of renewable energy, Hydropolitics is a groundbreaking investigation of the world's largest power plant and the ways energy shapes politics and economics.ics.

Paraguay (Other Places Travel Guide)

Author : Romy Natalia Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935850199
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Paraguay (Other Places Travel Guide) written by Romy Natalia Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an invaluable guide to experiencing everything Paraguay has to offer. Filled with cultural insights and first-hand recommendations, Natalia Goldberg has spent the better part of decade compiling this comprehensive travel guide. Included is the only available guide to traveling along the Paraguay River to the Pantanal, a little visited region where remote indigenous communities coexist with endangered wildlife. No matter your budget or appetite for adventure, this book is a must for discovering the real Paraguay. -Learn key cultural insights and useful Guarani phrases that will have you bonding with friendly locals in no time. - Embark upon a riverboat adventure to the Paraguayan Pantanal where jaguars hunt capybaras, jabiru storks soar overhead, and tourists are rare. - Take part in Paraguay's unique culture by eating local food, drinking terere, participating in religious festivals, and engaging with artisans. - Navigate the country like a local with detailed maps and comprehensive information on driving, public transportation, and traveling on foot. - Enjoy Asuncion's active and affordable nightlife or soak up the countryside's relaxed atmosphere from the comfort of a hammock.

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

Author : John Hoyt Williams
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292770170
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800–1870 written by John Hoyt Williams and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1979-08-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Rebirth of the Paraguayan Republic

Author : Harris Gaylord Warren
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822976374
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Rebirth of the Paraguayan Republic written by Harris Gaylord Warren and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1985-06-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly study of Paraguay in the decades dominated by the Colorados, immediately following the Allied occupation of the country after the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance, when half of Paraguay's population died. This period of rebirth saw the formal organization of Paraguay's major political parties, the Colorados and the Liberals, and the dominance of the Colorados until the Liberal revolution of 1904.

Authoritarianism, Cultural History, and Political Resistance in Latin America

Author : Federico Pous
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319535447
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Book Synopsis Authoritarianism, Cultural History, and Political Resistance in Latin America by : Federico Pous

Download or read book Authoritarianism, Cultural History, and Political Resistance in Latin America written by Federico Pous and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes on the challenge of conceptually thinking Paraguayan cultural history within the broader field of Latin American studies. It presents original contributions to the study of Paraguayan culture from a variety of perspectives that include visual, literary, and cultural studies; gender studies, sociology, and political theory. The essays compiled here focus on the different narratives and political processes that shaped a country decentered from, but also deeply connected to, the rest of Latin America. Structured in four thematic sections, the book reflects upon authoritarianism; the tensions between modern, indigenous, and popular artistic expressions; the legacies of the Stroessner Regime, political resistance, and the struggle for collective memory; as well as the literary framing of historical trauma, particularly in connection with the Roabastian notion of la realidad que delira [delirious reality].

A Grammar of Paraguayan Guarani

Author : Bruno Estigarribia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781787353220
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of Paraguayan Guarani written by Bruno Estigarribia and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Guarani is a history of resilience. Paraguayan Guarani is a vibrant, modern language, mother tongue to millions of people in South America. It is the only indigenous language in the Americas spoken by a non-ethnically-indigenous majority, and since 1992, it is also an official language of Paraguay alongside Spanish. This book provides the first comprehensive reference grammar of Modern Paraguayan Guarani written for an English-language audience. It is an accessible yet thorough and carefully substantiated description of the language's phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics. It also includes information about its centuries of documented history and its current sociolinguistic situation.

New World of Gain

Author : Brian P. Owensby
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503628345
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book New World of Gain written by Brian P. Owensby and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the centuries before Europeans crossed the Atlantic, social and material relations among the indigenous Guaraní people of present-day Paraguay were based on reciprocal gift-giving. But the Spanish and Portuguese newcomers who arrived in the sixteenth century seemed interested in the Guaraní only to advance their own interests, either through material exchange or by getting the Guaraní to serve them. This book tells the story of how Europeans felt empowered to pursue individual gain in the New World, and how the Guaraní people confronted this challenge to their very way of being. Although neither Guaraní nor Europeans were positioned to grasp the larger meaning of the moment, their meeting was part of a global sea change in human relations and the nature of economic exchange. Brian P. Owensby uses the centuries-long encounter between Europeans and the indigenous people of South America to reframe the notion of economic gain as a historical development rather than a matter of human nature. Owensby argues that gain—the pursuit of individual, material self-interest—must be understood as a global development that transformed the lives of Europeans and non-Europeans, wherever these two encountered each other in the great European expansion spanning the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.