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The Chaco War: Environment, Ethnicity, and Nationalism de Bridget Maria Chesterton

The Chaco War: Environment, Ethnicity, and Nationalism

Editat de Bridget Maria Chesterton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 aug 2017
In 1932 Bolivia and Paraguay went to war over the Chaco region in South America. The war lasted three years and approximately 52,000 Bolivians and Paraguayans died. Moving beyond the battlefields of the Chaco War, this volume highlights the forgotten narratives of the war. Studying the environmental, ethnic, and social realities of the war in both Bolivia and Paraguay, the contributors examine the conflict that took place between 1932 and 1936 and explore its relationship with and impact on nationalism, activism and modernity.Beginning with an overview of the war, the book goes on to explore many new approaches to the conflict, and the contributors address topics such as the environmental challenges faced by the forces involved, the role of indigenous peoples, the impact of oil nationalism and the conflict's aftermath. This is a volume that will be of interest to anyone working on modern Latin America and the relationship between war and society.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350045675
ISBN-10: 1350045675
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 234 x 157 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Ediția:NIPPOD
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Introduces a new dimension to the study of the Chaco War by looking at the war's wider social context and its aftermath

Notă biografică

Bridget María Chesterton is Associate Professor of History at Buffalo State, USA. She is the author of The Grandchildren of Solano López: Frontier and Nation in Paraguay, 1904-1936 (2013) and co-editor of Transformations of Populism in Europe and the Americas (2015).

Cuprins

1. Introduction: An Overview of the Chaco War - Bridget María Chesterton (Buffalo State, USA)2. An Organic Army in the Chaco War - Carlos Gómez Florentín (Stony Brook University, USA)3. Indigenous Peoples and the Chaco War: Power and Acquiescence in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina - Erick D. Langer (Georgetown University, USA)4. Challenging Modernity: Patriotic Engineering and the Chaco War - Ben Nobbs-Thiessen (Emory University, USA)5. Bolivian Oil Nationalism and the Chaco War - Stephen Cote (Ohio University, USA)6. Union Activism in La Paz before and after the Chaco War, 1920-1947- Luis M. Sierra (Wilmington College, USA)7. "Same as Here, Same as Everywhere:" Social Difference among Bolivian Prisoners in Paraguay." - Elizabeth Shesko (Oakland University, USA)8. Big Paraguay, Carlos Fiebrig, and the Botanical Garden as a Launching Point for Paraguayan Nationalism - Bridget María Chesterton and Thilo F. Papacek (Buffalo State, USA and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) 9. Engraving Conflict: The Chaco War in a Shell Case - Esther Breithoff (University of Bristol, UK)BibliographyIndex

Recenzii

The bloody 1932-35 Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay fundamentally shaped South America in a way that still produces loud echoes today. Yet for English-language readers it remains an obscure conflict bracketed uncomfortably between the First and Second World Wars. This intriguing compilation helps clear a bit of the fog from this particular struggle. More importantly, it offers a series of provocative approaches to understanding the Chaco War's broader effects on 20th-century nationalism, on the indigenous population of the region, and on the international dimension, especially as regards the politics of petroleum. All of these are very modern issues deserving of more attention from scholars. Kudos to Chesterton for getting this very interesting ball rolling.
This book deeply transforms and enriches our understanding of a hitherto poorly researched Latin American war. In a truly transnational and interdisciplinary perspective, the book reveals how discourses of modernity and nationalism, as well as the perception of space and environmental adaptation, influenced the conduct and consequences of the war. By addressing problems of ethnicity, class and culture, it also brings to the surface the experiences of soldiers, indigenous peoples and women.
The Chaco War is a well-rounded contribution that will be of interest to scholars of Latin American history, political science, culture, and literature. Bolivian and Paraguayan specialists will find it especially fascinating, but it will be useful to students of modern Latin America, nationalism, warfare, frontiers, and indigenous history as well.