Lambert / Nickson The Paraguay Reader

History, Culture, Politics
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9539-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten

Reihe: The Latin America Readers

This lively compilation of testimonies, journalism, scholarship, political tracts, literature, and illustrations conveys Paraguay's rich history and cultural heritage, as well as its struggles against underdevelopment, foreign intervention, poverty, inequality, and authoritarianism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lambert, Peter

Nickson, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

I. The Birth of Paraguay 11

II. The Nationalist Experiment 53

III. A Slow Recovery 129

IV. From the Chaco War to the Civil War 193

V. Dictatorship and Resistance 235

VI. A Transition in Search of Democracy 321

VII. What Does It Mean to Be Paraguayan? 383

Epilogue: The Impeachment of President Fernando Lugo 451

Suggestions for Further Reading 457

Acknowledgment of Copyright and Sources 463

Index 471

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Lambert is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath. He is a coeditor of Latin American Foreign Policies: Between Ideology and Pragmatism and Political Violence and the Construction of National Identity in Latin America.Andrew Nickson is the Honorary Reader in Public Management and Latin American Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Local Government in Latin America and the Historical Dictionary of Paraguay. Lambert and Nickson are the editors of Transition to Democracy in Paraguay.