The Guaraní under Spanish Rule in the Río de la Plata

Barbara Ganson

Published by Stanford University Press 2003

The Guaraní under Spanish Rule in the Río de la Plata

Barbara Ganson

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503618084

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One:The Invasion from Within
1. Early Encounters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. The Footprints of Saint Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3. Daily Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Part Two:The Invasion from Without
4. From Resistance to Rebellion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5. The Guaraní in the Aftermath of the Expulsion of the Jesuits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
6. Our Warehouses Are Empty: Guaraní Responses to the Reorganization of the Missions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
7. Guaraní Cultural Resiliency and Reorientations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 10 figures, 4 illustrations, 9 maps

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Published: March 19, 2003
ISBN: 9781503618084