The Guarani Under Spanish Rule in the Rio De La Plata

Ganson, Barbara

ISBN 10: 0804736022 / ISBN 13: 9780804736022

Published by Stanford University Press, 2003

About this Item

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0804736022.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Guarani Under Spanish Rule in the Rio De La Plata
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804736022
• ISBN 13: 9780804736022
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 600 grams
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Barbara Ganson is Associate Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University.