Bibliography of Paraguay


This is a bibliography of Paraguay.

Geography and natural history

  • Attenborough, David, Zoo Quest in Paraguay
  • Durrell, Gerald, The Drunken Forest
  • Hayes, Floyd E., Status, Distribution and Biogeography of the Birds of Paraguay
  • Kerr, John Graham, A Naturalist in the Chaco
  • Kleinpenning, Jan M. G., Paraguay, 1515-1870: A Thematic Geography of Its Development
  • Lewis, Daniel K., ''A South American Frontier: The Tri-Border Region''

History

General

  • Chamorro T., Fabián, Historia del Paraguay: desde la independencia hasta nuestros días
  • Lambert, Peter & Nickson, Andrew, The Paraguay Reader: History, Culture, Politics
  • Lewis, Paul H., Socialism, Liberalism and Dictatorship in Paraguay
  • Macintyre, Ben, Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elizabeth Nietzsche
  • Mora, Frank O. and Cooney, Jerry W., Paraguay and the United States: Distant Allies
  • Nickson, Andrew, Historical Dictionary of Paraguay
  • Souter, Gavin, A Peculiar People: the Australians in Paraguay
  • Stoesz, Edward, Like a Mustard Seed: Mennonites in Paraguay
  • Warren, Harris G., Paraguay: an informal history
  • Washburn, Charles Ames, The History of Paraguay
  • Whitehead, Anne, ''Paradise Mislaid: In Search of the Australian Tribe of Paraguay''

Economic history

  • Ashwell, Washington, Historia económica del Paraguay: de sus orígenes al gobierno de Carlos Antonio López
  • Ashwell, Washington, Historia económica del Paraguay: Estructura y dinámica de la economía nacional, 1870-1925
  • Ashwell, Washington, Historia económica del Paraguay: Colapso y abandono del sistema liberal, 1923-1946
  • Ashwell, Washington, Historia económica del Paraguay: La porfía por un orden democrático y por una reactivación económica, 1946-2008
  • Campos D., Luis, Apuntes de historia económica del Paraguay: desarrollo, auge y decadencia de una economía de enclaves
  • Herken-Krauer, Juan Carlos, El Paraguay rural entre 1869 y 1913: contribución a la historia económica regional del Plata
  • Rivarola P., Juan B., Historia Monetaria del Paraguay
  • Villagra, Luis, ''Proceso histórico de la economía paraguaya''

Colonial era

The Jesuits and the reducciones

  • Abdou, Sélim, The Jesuit Republic of the Guaranis and its Heritage
  • Caraman, Philip, The Lost Paradise: The Jesuit Republic in South America
  • Cunninghame-Graham, Robert Bontine, A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay, 1607 to 1767
  • Jaenike, William F., Black Robes in Paraguay: The Success of the Guarani Missions Hastened the Abolition of the Jesuits
  • Koebel, William Henry, In Jesuit Land: The Jesuit Missions of Paraguay
  • McNaspy, C. J., Lost Cities of Paraguay: Art and Architecture of the Jesuit Reductions, 1607-1767
  • Sarreal, Julia, The Guarani and their missions
  • Satterlee, D., ''The Role of Productivity in Community Success: The Jesuit-Guaraní Cultural Confluence''

The Francia period

  • Whigham, Thomas, The Politics of River Trade: Tradition and Development in the Upper Plata, 1780-1870
  • Williams, John Hoyt, ''The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800-1870''

Triple Alliance War and the López

  • Barret, William Edmund, Woman on Horseback: the Biography of Francisco Lopez and Eliza Lynch
  • Brodksy, Alvin, Madame Lynch and Friend: The True Account of an Irish Adventuress and the Dictator of Paraguay Who Destroyed That American Nation
  • Burton, Richard, Letters from the Battle-Fields of Paraguay
  • , Una guerra total: Paraguay, 1864-1870: Ensayo de historia del tiempo presente
  • Chesterton, Bridget María, The Grandchildren of Solano López: Frontier and Nation in Paraguay, 1904-1936
  • Doratioto, Francisco, Maldita Guerra: Nueva Historia de la Guerra del Paraguay
  • Esposito, Gabriele, Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864-70: Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay & Argentina
  • Escudero, Antonio Gutiérrez, Francisco Solano Lopez: Napoleon de Paraguay
  • Hooker, Terry D., Armies of the 19th Century: The Americas - The Paraguayan War
  • Kohn, Roger, Weep, Weep, Grey Bird, Weep: The Paraguayan War 1864-1870
  • Kraay, Hendrik and Whigham, Thomas L., I Die with My Country: Perspectives on the Paraguayan War, 1864-1870
  • Leuchars, Chris, To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance
  • Maestri, Mário, Paraguay: la república campesina, 1810-1865
  • Plá, Josefina, The British in Paraguay, 1850-1870
  • Rees, Sián, The Shadow of Elisa Lynch
  • Saeger, James Schofield, Francisco Solano López and the Ruination of Paraguay: Honor and Egocentrism
  • Thompson, George, The War in Paraguay: With a Historical Sketch of the Country and Its People and Notes Upon the Military Engineering of the War
  • Whigham, Thomas, ''The Paraguayan War: Causes and Early Conduct ''

The interwar period

  • Caballero A., Ricardo, La Segunda República Paraguaya, 1869-1906: política, economía y sociedad
  • Doratioto, Francisco, Una relación compleja, Paraguay y Brasil, 1889-1954
  • Herken-Krauer, Juan Carlos, Ferrocarriles, conspiraciones y negocios en el Paraguay, 1910-1914
  • Lewis, Paul H., Political Parties and Generations in Paraguay's Liberal Era, 1869-1940
  • Warren, Harris Gaylord, Paraguay and the Triple Alliance
  • Warren, Harris Gaylord, ''Rebirth of the Paraguayan Republic: The First Colorado Era, 1878-1904''

The Chaco War

  • English, Adrian J., The Green Hell: A Concise History of the Chaco War Between Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-35
  • Farcau, Bruce, The Chaco War: Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935
  • Hagedorn, Dan and Sapienza, Antonio L., Aircraft of the Chaco War 1928-1935
  • Quesada, Alejandro, The Chaco War 1932-35
  • Zook Jr., David H., ''The Conduct of the Chaco War''

Modern history

  • Alegria, Claribel and Flakoll, Darwin, Death of Somoza
  • Lambert, Peter & Nickson, Andrew, The Transition to Democracy in Paraguay
  • Lewis, Paul, Paraguay Under Stroessner
  • Miranda, Carlos R., The Stroessner Era: Authoritarian Rule in Paraguay
  • O'Shaughnessy, Hugh, The Priest of Paraguay: Fernando Lugo and the Making of a Nation
  • Painter, James, Paraguay in the 1970s: Continuity and Change in the Political Process
  • White, Richard Alan, ''Breaking Silence: Case That Changed the Face of Human Rights''

Culture

Cuisine

  • Diaz, Milton Rui, Cocina Paraguaya
  • Van Houten, Lynn, ''Flavors of Paraguay: A Cookbook''

Indigenous Paraguayans

  • Aren, Richard, Genocide in Paraguay
  • Batten, Mary, Anthropologist: Scientist of the People
  • Bessire, L, Behold the Black Caiman: A Chronicle Of Ayoreo Life
  • Blaser, Mario, Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond
  • Britton, A. Scott, Guarani-English/English-Guarani Concise Dictionary
  • Clastres, Helene, The Land-without-Evil: Tupi-Guarani Prophetism
  • Clastres, Pierre, Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians
  • Duckworth, Cheryl, Land and Dignity in Paraguay
  • Escobar, Ticio, The Curse of Nemur: In Search of the Art, Myth and Ritual of the Ishir
  • Foote, Nicola and Horst, René D. Harder, Military Struggle and Identity Formation in Latin America: Race, Nation, and Community during the Liberal Period
  • Ganson, Barbara, The Guarani Under Spanish Rule in the Rio de la Plata
  • Gaska, Henryk, Constructing Ava Guarani Ethnic Identity: The Emergence of Indian Organization in Paraguay
  • Grubb, Wilfred Barbrooke, An Unknown People in an Unknown Land: An Account of the Life and Customs of the Lengua Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco...
  • Hill, Kim and Hurtado, A. Magdalena, Ache Life History: The Ecology and Demography of a Foraging People
  • Horst, René Harder, The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous Resistance in Paraguay
  • Keeney, Bradford, Guarani Shamans of the Forest
  • Maybury-Lewis, David, The Indian Peoples of Paraguay: Their Plight and Their Prospects
  • Miller, Elmer S., Peoples of the Gran Chaco
  • Olivera, David A. Galeano, La Idioma y Cultura de Guarani en Paraguay
  • Olson, James Stuart, The Indians of Central and South America: an Ethnohistorical Dictionary
  • Reed, Richard, Forest Dwellers, Forest Protectors: Indigenous Models for International Development
  • Reed, Richard K., Prophets of Agroforestry: Guarani Communities and Commercial Gathering
  • Renshaw, John, The Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco: Identity and Economy
  • Simoneau, Karin and Wilbert, Johannes, Folk Literature of the Ayoreo Indians
  • Simoneau, Karin and Wilbert, Johannes, Folk Literature of the Chamacoco Indians
  • Sušnik, Branislava, ''El indio colonial del Paraguay''

Music

  • Stover, Richard D., ''Six Silver Moonbeams: The Life and Times of Agustín Barrios Mangoré''

Travel and tourism

  • Boschmann, Erwin, Paraguay - A Tour Guide
  • Box, Ben, Footprint Focus Guide: Paraguay
  • Carver, Robert, Paradise with Serpents: Travels in the Lost World of Paraguay
  • Crespo, Martin, Magic Hour: Hora Magica en Asuncion
  • Gimlette, John, At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels Through Paraguay
  • Goldberg, Romy Natalia, Other Places Travel Guide: Paraguay
  • Hebblethwaite, Margaret, Bradt Travel Guide: Paraguay
  • Iyer, Pico, Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places of The World
  • Meyer, Gordon, The River and the People
  • Mulhall, Marion M., From Europe to Paraguay and Matto-Grosso
  • Smith, Julia Llwellyn, ''Traveling on the Edge: Journeys in the Footsteps of Graham Greene''