The Demographics of Paraguay

A Reinterpretation of the Great War, 1864-70

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2832909
AutoresVera Blinn Reber (autor de correspondencia)
Año1988
Volumen68
Número2
Páginas289
Fecha de publicación1988-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2515516
OpenAlexW4249565135
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas28
Referencias citadas1

The demographic impact of the War of the Triple Alliance of 1864-1870 on the population of Paraguay is discussed. The author challenges the conclusion that military actions disease and famine cost Paraguay more than half its population. Using a comparative analysis of growth rates in nineteenth-century Latin America together with a re-evaluation of Paraguayan census data and household structure the author concludes that the population declined between 8.7 and 18.5 percent over the course of the war. (ANNOTATION

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