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Dannin M. Hanratty and Sandra W. Meditz, editors. Paraguay: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress,
1988.
Acknowledgments
Preface
History
Introduction
DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT
Early Explorers and Conquistadores
The Young Colony
The Sword of the Word
INDEPENDENCE AND DICTATORSHIP
Struggle with the Porteños
Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia
El Supremo Dictador
DICTATORSHIP AND WAR
Carlos Antonio López
Francisco Solano Lopez
The War of the Triple Alliance
LIBERALS VERSUS COLORADOS
The Postwar Period
The First Colorado Era
Liberal Decades
The Chaco War and the February Revolution
Morínigo and World War II
THE STRONATO
The 1954 Coup
The Stroessner Regime
International Factors and the Economy
Toward the 1980s
Geography
Natural Regions
Rivers
Climate
The Society
POPULATION
SOCIAL RELATIONS
Family and Kin
Ritual Kinship
RURAL SOCIETY
MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
RELIGION
MINORITY GROUPS
Immigrants
Indians
EDUCATION
HEALTH AND WELFARE
The Economy
GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
ECONOMIC POLICY
LABOR
AGRICULTURE
Land Tenure
Land Reform and Land Policy
Land Use
Crops
Livestock
Forestry and Fishing
ENERGY
Itaipú, Yacyretá, and Corpus
Oil
INDUSTRY
Government
THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
POLITICS
The Stroessner Regime
Opposition Parties
Political Developments Since 1986
The Roman Catholic Church
Business
Urban Labor
Rural Labor
Students
The Media
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Argentina and Brazil
The United States
Bibliography
Country Studies Index
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