The Chaco War
Subtitle: environment, ethnicity, and nationalism
By: edited by Bridget María Chesterton
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781350045675
Subjects: Chaco War, 1932-1935
Description: "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."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: an overview of the Chaco War / Bridget María Chesterton; title: Same as here, same as everywhere: social difference among Bolivian prisoners in Paraguay / Elizabeth Shesko; title: Union activism in La Paz before and after the Chaco War, 1920-1947 / Luis M. Sierra; title: Channeling modernity: nature, patriotic engineering, and the Chaco War / Ben Nobbs-Thiessen; title: Paraguay Guazú: big Paraguay, Carlos Fiebrig, and the Botanical Garden as a launching point / Bridget María Chesterton and Thilo F. Papacek; title: Indigenous peoples and the Chaco War: power and acquiescence in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina / Erick D. Langer; title: Energy and environment in the Chaco War / Carlos Gomez Florentin; title: Bolivian oil nationalism and the Chaco War / Stephen Cote; title: Engraving conflict: the Chaco War in a shell case / Esther Breithoff.