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Author Chesterton, Bridget Maria, 1973-

Title The grandchildren of Solano Lopez : frontier and nation in Paraguay, 1904-1936 / Bridget Maria Chesterton.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color), portraits
text rdacontent
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online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary "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 leading up to the Chaco War"--Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Chaco War, 1932-1935.
Nationalism -- Paraguay -- History -- 20th century.
Paraguay -- History -- 1870-1938.
Chaco Boreal (Paraguay and Bolivia) -- History -- 20th century.
Paraguay -- Boundaries -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Chesterton, Bridget Maria. Grandchildren of Solano Lopez : frontier and nation in Paraguay, 1904-1936. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013 xii, 179 pages 9780826353481 (DLC) 2013012723
ISBN 9780826353481
9780826353498 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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