CONTENTS

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[INTRODUCTORY: THE DISCOVERIES AND THE CONQUEST][3]

[ARGENTINA]
I.THE ARGENTINE LAND[37]
II.THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM[47]
III.THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY[58]
IV.THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY[70]
V.THE BEGINNINGS OF THE REVOLUTION[80]
VI.COMPLETION OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE[97]
VII.THE ERA OF CIVIL WARS[115]
VIII.CONSOLIDATION[130]
IX.THE MODERN ARGENTINE[141]

[PARAGUAY]
I.PARAGUAY UNTIL 1632[165]
II.THE JESUIT REPUBLIC AND COLONIAL PARAGUAY[177]
III.FRANCIA'S REIGN[188]
IV.THE REIGN OF THE ELDER LOPEZ[198]
V.THE WAR[206]
VI.PARAGUAY SINCE 1870[220]

[URUGUAY]
I.INTRODUCTION[227]
II.PORTUGUESE AGGRESSIONS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY[239]
III.THE REVOLUTION[247]
IV.INDEPENDENCE AND CIVIL WAR[259]
V.CIVIL WAR AND ARGENTINE INTERVENTION[265]
VI.COLORADOS AND BLANCOS[272]

[BRAZIL]
I.PORTUGAL[287]
II.DISCOVERY[295]
III.DESCRIPTION[305]
IV.EARLY COLONISATION[316]
V.THE JESUITS[326]
VI.FRENCH OCCUPATION OF RIO[333]
VII.EXPANSION[342]
VIII.THE DUTCH CONQUEST[350]
IX.EXPULSION OF THE DUTCH[361]
X.THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY[371]
XI.GOLD DISCOVERIES—REVOLTS—FRENCH ATTACKS[378]
XII.THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY[386]
XIII.THE PORTUGUESE COURT IN RIO[401]
XIV.INDEPENDENCE[411]
XV.REIGN OF PEDRO I.[421]
XVI.THE REGENCY[436]
XVII.PEDRO II.[449]
XVIII.EVENTS OF 1849 TO 1864[458]
XIX.THE PARAGUAYAN WAR[468]
XX.REPUBLICANISM AND EMANCIPATION[478]
XXI.THE REVOLUTION—THE DICTATORSHIP—THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC[492]

[INDEX]		[513]