The grandchildren of Solano Lopez : : frontier and nation in Paraguay, 1904-1936 / / Bridget Maria Chesterton.
"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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| Place / Publishing House: | Albuquerque : : University of New Mexico Press,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (193 pages) :; illustrations, maps (some color), portraits |
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Table of Contents:
- Introducing the Chaco frontier
- Forgetting Solano Lopez : 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 Guarani : soldiers, agriculturalists, and poets
- Remembering Solano Lopez : the rise of febrerismo
- Reconsidering the frontier : the decades following the war.