{"product_id":"the-paraguay-reader-9780822352495","title":"The Paraguay Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lively compilation of testimonies, journalism, scholarship, political tracts, literature, and illustrations conveys Paraguay's rich history and cultural heritage, as well as its struggles against underdevelopment, foreign intervention, poverty, inequality, and authoritarianism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Peter Lambert and Andrew Nickson have written a wonderfully engaging and useful text that addresses Paraguay’s fascinating and complicated history, replete with unique linguistics and national identity, and rich cultural heritage. . . . The lack of information about Paraguay is palpable.Nonetheless, Lambert and Nickson have corrected this oversight with a text that is bound to find an audience with undergraduate students, future Peace Corps volunteers . . . travelers, missionaries, businesspersons, and diplomats.” -- Bridget María Chesterton * A Contracorriente *\u003cbr\u003e“At its best,\u003ci\u003e The Paraguay Reader\u003c\/i\u003e puts oppositional texts next to each other, not resolving the cacophony of voices but instead allowing the tensions to stand. As such, the compilation serves as an introductory overview for historians, regionalists, and social scientists; but, as the first English-language text of its kind, \u003ci\u003eThe Paraguay Reader\u003c\/i\u003e will also be an important text for Paraguayanists.” -- Christine Folch * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e“Overall, the editors offer an indispensable guide to an important topic. A must-have for any academic library. Summing up: Essential.” -- K.A. Tyvela * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“This excellent collection of literary artefacts and historical texts and reportage lifts this veil of mystery and shines a light on the country’s hidden hinterland, providing the reader with genuinely interesting insights into a country and society that is poorly understood in South America itself, let alone in the rest of the world.” -- Gavin O’Toole * Latin American Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e“Many of the accounts are being made accessible in English for the first time and thus provide an invaluable resource on the subjects treated, one that has no parallel in the current literature. All of the accounts are preceded by introductions that prepare the reader for the historical significance of the piece.” -- Leonard Rinchiuso * Journal of Latin American Geography *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Paraguay Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a much needed and therefore welcome contribution to the practically nonexistent field of Paraguayan studies. Anyone who wishes to better understand Paraguay will find this book indispensable.” -- Marcelino Viera-Ramos * The Latin Americanist *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Paraguay Reader \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent compilation of literature, folklore, anecdote, reportage and academic research. It illustrates the indomitable capacity of the Paraguayan people.” -- Ed Hart * Sounds and Colours *\u003cbr\u003e\"The editors do an admirable job of compiling primary sources and analytical essays on the history, politics, and culture of this small, landlocked, poorly understood nation. Undoubtedly the most comprehensive and accessible introduction to Paraguay available in English, \u003ci\u003eThe Paraguay Reader\u003c\/i\u003e both explains and complicates the country’s fabled uniqueness.\" -- Christine Mathias * Ethnohistory *\u003cbr\u003e“For readers seeking an introduction to Paraguayan history and instructors interested in incorporating a tremendous range of source materials in the classroom, \u003ci\u003eThe Paraguay Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent resource.” -- Caroline E. Schuster * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e I. The Birth of Paraguay 11\u003cbr\u003e II. The Nationalist Experiment 53\u003cbr\u003e III. A Slow Recovery 129\u003cbr\u003e IV. From the Chaco War to the Civil War 193\u003cbr\u003e V. Dictatorship and Resistance 235\u003cbr\u003e VI. A Transition in Search of Democracy 321\u003cbr\u003e VII. What Does It Mean to Be Paraguayan? 383\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Impeachment of President Fernando Lugo 451\u003cbr\u003e Suggestions for Further Reading 457\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgment of Copyright and Sources 463\u003cbr\u003e Index 471","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406070849879,"sku":"9780822352495","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822352495.jpg?v=1730494427","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-paraguay-reader-9780822352495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}