The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800-1870

by John Hoyt Williams

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292770170
• ISBN13: 9780292770171
• Release Date: August 1979
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"