The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800–1870 / / John Hoyt Williams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Williams, John Hoyt,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. The "Provincia Gigante" in the Eighteenth Century --; 2. José Gaspar de Francia and the Paraguayan Revolution --; 3. Perpetual Means Forever: Francia and the Paraguayan Society --; 4. The Diplomacy of Isolation, 1820-1840 --; 5. The Supreme Dictatorship, 1820-1840 --; 6. The Old Order Changeth? --; 7. A New Paraguay Is Stirring --; 8. The Economic Pulse Quickens --; 9. The Diplomacy of Frustration --; 10. Threat and Counter-Threat: The 1850s --; 11. Foreigners and the Modernization of Paraguay --; 12. "Francisco Solano's Error: The War" --; 13. The Immolation of Paraguay --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781477307069; 9783110745351
• DOI: 10.7560/770164
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Hoyt Williams.

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.