Historia del Paraguay, Río de La Plata y Tucumán by José Guevara

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62450.html.images 585 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62450.epub3.images 324 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62450.epub.noimages 323 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62450.kf8.images 449 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62450.kindle.images 390 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62450.txt.utf-8 539 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/62450/pg62450-h.zip 243 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Guevara, José, 1719-1806
LoC No. 05041839
Title Historia del Paraguay, Río de La Plata y Tucumán
Note Reading ease score: 43.2 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits Produced by Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by the
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at
http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Summary "Historia del Paraguay, Río de La Plata y Tucumán" by José Guevara is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work focuses on the history and events surrounding the regions of Paraguay, Río de La Plata, and Tucumán, exploring the cultural, political, and social dynamics of these territories, particularly during the time of Spanish colonization and Jesuit missions. The opening of the narrative sets a historical context, detailing the prominent role of the Company of Jesus and their influence over the indigenous populations in the South American territories they administered. Guevara reflects on the establishment of Jesuit missions, their conflicts with colonial authorities, and the transformation of native societies under their guidance. He emphasizes the historical challenges inherent in documenting this history, such as the lack of written records and the questionable reliability of some early accounts, while presenting the Jesuits as both civilizing forces and subjects of political intrigue and suppression. Thus, the beginning of this book promises a complex and engaging exploration of the interplay between religion, governance, and indigenous cultures in early colonial South America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language Spanish
LoC Class F2801: Latin America local history: Argentina
Subject Paraguay -- History -- To 1811
Subject Argentina -- History -- To 1810
Subject Indians of South America -- Paraguay
Subject Tucumán (Argentina : Gobernación)
Category Text
EBook-No. 62450
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 68 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!