Guaraní Under Spanish Rule in the Río De La Plata

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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This ethnographic study is a revisionist view of the most significant and widely known mission system in Latin America—that of the Jesuit missions to the Guaraní Indians, who inhabited the border regions of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. It traces in detail the process of Indian adaptation to Spanish colonialism from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries. The book demonstrates conclusively that the Guaraní were as instrumental in determining their destinies as were the Catholic Church and Spanish bureaucrats. They were neither passive victims of Spanish colonialism nor innocent "children" of the jungle, but important actors who shaped fundamentally the history of the Río de la Plata region. The Guaraní responded to European contact according to the dynamics of their own culture, their individual interests and experiences, and the changing political, economic, and social realities of the late Bourbon period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-11-22
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagStanford University Press
ISBN9780804754958

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Introduction I Part One:The Invasionfrom Within 1. Early Encounters 17 2. The Footprints of Saint Thomas 30 3. Daily Life 52 Part Two: The Invasionfrom Without 4. From Resistance to Rebellion 87 5. The Guarani in the Aftermath of the Expulsion of the Jesuits 117 6. Our Warehouses Are Empty: Guarani Responses to the Reorganization of the Missions 137 7. Guarani Cultural Resiliency and Reorientations 164

"This book, which may well supersede most of its predecessors, is a must for those who care about the subject, and will interest many who know nothing about it."—D.B. Heath, Brown University "Barbara Ganson is the first historian to understand the mission Guaraní of Paraguay...This important work sets a high standard. On these famous missions, Ganson is now the best authority."—The Catholic Historical Review "Barbara Ganson's study is a comprehensive collection of historical sources that explain the conditions of the Guaraní indigenous people in the last half of the eighteenth century. . . . [T]his study makes a major contribution towards explaining the emergence of the Paraguayan peasantry and the collapse of significant Guaraní resistance throughout the Southern Cone by 1820."—Histoire Sociale/Social History