Historical Dictionary Of Paraguay

Author : R. Andrew Nickson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810879646
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Paraguay written by R. Andrew Nickson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land-locked Paraguay is one of the smaller nations of Latin America, whose global image is now changing very rapidly. In the process, the tired stereotype of a “forgotten” country comprising only military dictators, Nazis, and steam trains is being rapidly discarded. Indeed Paraguay is now no longer off the map and its unique history is attracting growing interest. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Paraguay covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Paraguay.

Author : Charles J. Kolinski
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Paraguay written by Charles J. Kolinski and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Nickson
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Paraguay written by Andrew Nickson and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its fascinating history, Paraguay remains one of the least known countries in South America. This revised edition provides a comprehensive survey of the political and academic history of the country. This work is an invaluable tool for Latin Americanists. --HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW

Author : David Kohut
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810873745
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Dirty Wars written by David Kohut and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Historical Dictionary of 'The Dirty Wars' focuses on the period 1954-1990 in South America, when authoritarian regimes waged war on subversion, both real and imagined. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on the countries; guerrilla and political movements; prominent guerrilla, human-rights, military, and political figures; local, regional, and international human-rights organizations; and artistic figures (filmmakers, novelists, and playwrights) whose works attempt to represent or resist the period of repression.

Author : Ione Stuessy Wright
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1136 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Argentina written by Ione Stuessy Wright and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Lambert
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822352680
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Paraguay Reader written by Peter Lambert and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by its isolation. Partly as a result, there has been a dearth of serious scholarship or journalism about the country. Going a long way toward redressing this lack of information and analysis, The Paraguay Reader is a lively compilation of testimonies, journalism, scholarship, political tracts, literature, and illustrations, including maps, photographs, paintings, drawings, and advertisements. Taken together, the anthology's many selections convey the country's extraordinarily rich history and cultural heritage, as well as the realities of its struggles against underdevelopment, foreign intervention, poverty, inequality, and authoritarianism. Most of the Reader is arranged chronologically. Weighted toward the twentieth century and early twenty-first, it nevertheless gives due attention to major events in Paraguay's history, such as the Triple Alliance War (1864–70) and the Chaco War (1932–35). The Reader's final section, focused on national identity and culture, addresses matters including ethnicity, language, and gender. Most of the selections are by Paraguayans, and many of the pieces appear in English for the first time. Helpful introductions by the editors precede each of the book's sections and all of the selected texts.

Author : Richard Young
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810874985
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater written by Richard Young and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-12-18 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater provides users with an accessible single-volume reference tool covering Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the 16 Spanish-speaking countries of continental Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela). Entries for authors, from the early colonial period to the present, give succinct biographical data and an account of the author's literary production, with particular attention to their most prominent works and where they belong in literary history.

Author : David Kohut
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442276428
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Dirty Wars written by David Kohut and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of the Dirty Wars coversthe period 1954–1990 in South America, when authoritarian regimes waged war on subversion, both real and imagined. The term “dirty war” (guerra sucia), though originally associated with the military dictatorship in Argentina from 1976 to 1983, has since been applied to neighboring dictatorships in Paraguay (1954–1989), Brazil (1964–1985), Bolivia (1971–1981), Uruguay (1973–1985), and Chile (1973–1990). Although the concept is by no means peculiar to Latin America—the term has become a byword for state-sponsored repression anywhere in the world—these regimes were among its most notorious practitioners. In the mid-1970s they joined forces—along with Ecuador and Peru—to create Operation Condor, a top-secret network of military dictatorships that kidnapped, tortured, and disappeared one another’s political opponents. Their death squads operated both nationally and internationally, sometimes beyond the region. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of the Dirty Wars contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on the countries themselves; guerrilla and political movements that provoked (though by no means exonerated) governmental reaction; leading guerrilla, human-rights, military, and political figures; local, regional, and international human-rights organizations; expressions of cultural resistance (art, film, literature, music, and theater); and artistic figures (filmmakers, novelists, and playwrights) whose works attempted to represent or resist the period of repression. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the dirty wars of South America

Author : Charles Ames Washburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Paraguay written by Charles Ames Washburn and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Nickson
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Paraguay written by Andrew Nickson and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its fascinating history, Paraguay remains one of the least known countries in South America. This revised edition provides a comprehensive survey of the political and academic history of the country. This work is an invaluable tool for Latin Americanists. --HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW