The grandchildren of Solano López : frontier and nation in Paraguay, 1904-1936 /

"Paraguay's Chaco frontier unleashed possibly the bloodiest twentieth-century war in the Americas, the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia (1932-35). This study of Paraguayan nationalism analyzes the role of the Chaco frontier in Paraguay's perception of itself during the period le...

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Autore principale: Chesterton, Bridget María, 1973-
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013.
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Sommario:
  • Introducing the Chaco frontier
  • Forgetting Solano López : debating the Paraguayan foundational narrative
  • Managing Rojas Silva : rhetoric and inaction
  • Comparing eastern and western Paraguay : scientific nationalism
  • Civilizing the Chaco : the religious arrive
  • Becoming Guaraní : soldiers, agriculturalists, and poets
  • Remembering Solano López : the rise of febrerismo
  • Reconsidering the frontier : the decades following the war.