1st Edition

The Colonial History of Paraguay The Revolt of the Comuneros, 1721-1735

Edited By Adalberto Lopez Copyright 2005
    227 Pages
    by Routledge

    228 Pages
    by Routledge

    The Paraguayan revolt of 1721-1735 was the first of sev-eral events that presaged the Hispanic American Inde-pendence movements of the early nineteenth century. Exist-ing works on the revolt, though, are either too short, superficial, or inaccurate. The Colonial History of Paraguay is an original contribution to the scholarship on this crucial period in Paraguay's history. More than a detailed account of the revolt, the work provides an overview of Paraguay in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, combining politics, eco-nomics, and social analysis into an integrated whole. It is the first modern study of a little-known yet significant portion of Hispanic-American history.

    1: The Settlers; 1: A Tradition of Autonomy; 2: Economics and War; 2: The Jesuits; 3: The Jesuit Establishment; 4: Settlers vs. Jesuits; 3: The Revolt; 5: The Beginning; 6: Antequera; 7: The Comuneros; 8: The End of the Revolt; Epilogue

    Biography

    Adalberto Lopez