Thomas Whigham
Biographic Data
| ID | 622113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Whigham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Whigham |
| SIGNATURE | WHIGHAM T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5556-483X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
La cuestión de perspectiva en los orígenes de la Guerra del Paraguay. Una conversación entre Thomas Whigham, Juan Manuel Casal y Dardo Ramírez Braschi
La Guerra de la Triple Alianza (1864-1870) se considera generalmente como un evento catalítico en la América del Sur del siglo XIX. Sus orígenes, sin embargo, todavía están muy disputados. En este conversatorio, tres historiadores de alta jerarquía (un argentino, un uruguayo y un norteamericano) discuten las causas del conflicto y, en particular, cómo la historiografía de la guerra ha sido afectada por varias interpretaciones nacionales. Los tres…
The Paraguayan War: Causes and Early Conduct, 2nd Edition
Reissued with a new introduction by the author, The Paraguayan War is an engrossing and comprehensive account of the origins and early campaigns of the deadliest and most extensive interstate war ever fought in Latin America. One of the first significant investigations of the Paraguayan War available in English, it investigates the complexities of South American nationalism, military development, and political intrigue. A 2003 CHOICE Academic Tit…
Entrevista al historiador norteamericano Thomas Whigham, especialista en historia de la guerra de la Triple Alianza. Entrevista por Carolina Cerrano
Court of Blood: Treason and Terror under Paraguay's Francisco Solano López
Treason during wartime inspires some of the worst features in the human character. Not only does the traitor besmirch his own reputation in the eyes of his countrymen, but those near him are frequently polluted by association. Worst of all, the desire for vengeance that is unleashed through treasonous acts frequently brings excesses that dwarf the original crime. It is for this reason that magistrates and systems of law in Western democracies hav…
The Road to Armageddon: Paraguay Versus the Triple Alliance, 1866-70
Epics of Empire and Frontier: Alonso de Ercilla and Gaspar de Villagrá
The Guaraní and Their Missions: A Socioeconomic History
Julia Sarreal has written a well-crafted historical work based on a consideration of quantitative data from the eighteenth-century Jesuit missions of Paraguay. Specifically, she seeks to understand the motivations and attitudes that underpinned Guaraní Indians’ collaboration with (and sometimes opposition to) the missionary regime. A few historians (like Juan Carlos Garavaglia, Barbara Ganson, and the late Ernesto J. A. Maeder) have made a stab a…
Silva Paranhos and the construction of a post-Lopista Paraguay
The Paraguayan or Triple Alliance War is generally known for its terrible destructiveness and loss of life, essentially unequalled in the history of modern Latin America. What is less well known are the efforts made to create a new regime as the government (and army) of Marshal Francisco Solano López was breathing its last in the eastern forests of Paraguay. The following article discusses the events surrounding this process of nation-building, n…
"Brazils "Balloon Corps: Pride, Desperation, and the Limits of Military Intelligence in the Triple Alliance War
Entre 1866 e 1867 o governo imperial de Dom Pedro II se encontrou com um problema grave no campo de batalha no Paraguai. As tropas do Marechal Francisco Solano López havia mostrado muita mais energia em defender seu país que os brasileiros haviam esperado e a estratégia militar do Marquês de Caxias necessitou alguma inovação para lançar uma nova campanha para romper o suposto empate e chegar até Assunção. Considerando a falta de inteligência sobr…
Vitor Izecksohn. Slavery and War in the Americas: Race, Citizenship, and State Building in the United States and Brazil, 1861–1870
Comparing two distinct and outwardly unrelated histories can be risky and readers usually have to decide whether a comparison reveals something more significant than would a consideration of the two cases in isolation. Most often, as with the present study, the comparison works well in some respects but not in others. Vitor Izecksohn offers a comparison of the experience of the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War from 1861 to 1865 with the Brazi…
Jerry Wilson Cooney (1940-2014)
Jerry Cooney died on Saturday, March 1, 2014, in Longview, Washington, the victim of lung cancer. The date of his passing is significant, for to Paraguayans it commemorates the Battle of Cerro Corã and the end of the gran epopeya nacional. That in itself makes for a fitting and ironic final statement, for Jerry Cooney was for many years a primary exponent of US scholarship on Paraguay.He was born in 1940 in the tiny town of Opportunity, in the ea…
Building the Nation While Destroying the Land: Paraguayan Journalism during the Triple Alliance War, 1864–1870
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The Andean Hybrid Baroque: Convergent Cultures in the Churches of Colonial Peru
Book Review| April 01 2012 The Andean Hybrid Baroque: Convergent Cultures in the Churches of Colonial Peru The Andean Hybrid Baroque: Convergent Cultures in the Churches of Colonial Peru. By Bailey, Gauvin Alexander. (South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010. xix + 642 pp., list of figures, introduction, illustrations, documentary appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $75.00 cloth.) Thomas Whigham Thomas Whigham Search for other wor…
In Search of an Inca: Identity and Utopia in the Andes
Book Review| July 01 2011 In Search of an Inca: Identity and Utopia in the Andes In Search of an Inca: Identity and Utopia in the Andes. By Galindo, Alberto Flores. Edited and translated by Aguirre, Carlos, Walker, Charles F., and Hiatt, Willie. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. xxix + 270 pp., editor's introduction, tables, maps, glossary, notes, index. $75.00 cloth, $21.99 paper.) Thomas Lyle Whigham Thomas Lyle Whigham Search for o…
The Quito Manuscript: An Inca History Preserved by Fernando Montesinos
Book Review| April 01 2009 The Quito Manuscript: An Inca History Preserved by Fernando Montesinos . By Sabine Hyland. (New Haven, CT: Peabody Museum, Yale University Publications in Anthropology, 2007. viii + 171 pp., preface, overview, figures and tables, appendix, references, index. $28.00 cloth.) Thomas Whigham Thomas Whigham Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2009) 56 (2): 349–351. https://doi.org/10.1215…
Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879 - 1884
It is doubtlessly a truism to argue that all wars are tragic. Wars invariably show society at its worst, with all kinds of national and religious hatreds manifested in the basest slaughter. That said, some wars are worse than others, for, in addition to the immediate brutality of killing, they also inaugurate long histories of rancor and unresolved conflict. As every schoolchild in Lima, La Paz, and Santiago knows, the 1879 – 84 War of the Pacifi…
La guerra destruye, la guerra construye. Ensayo sobre el desarrollo del nacionalismo en Sudamérica
While Brazil and Argentina forged artificial nationalisms that reflected nineteenth-century ideologies of European origin, the Republic of Paraguay developed a conservative nationalism based on narrow traditions of patrimonialism, community solidarity, and a unique linguistic environment defined by the use of the Guaraní language. This form of nationalism, which the Paraguayan state did not initially seek to promote, eventually provided the backd…
The Practice of Politics in Postcolonial Brazil: Porto Alegre, 1845 - 1895
Rio Grande do Sul has always seemed out of synch with the rest of Brazil. As even the most casual observer will confirm, the state’s historical patterns more closely resemble those of Uruguay and Argentina than they do Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, or Pará. Of course, these common estimations of Rio Grande always draw their inspiration from rural realities — troops of gaúchos galloping across the southern grasslands and caudilhos in gaudy uniforms who b…
O cerne da discórdia: A guerra do Paraguai e o núcleo profissional do exército
These are banner times for Triple Alliance War scholarship. Over the last year, two important narrative histories of the conflict have appeared, along with several useful articles on war demographics and three separate biographies (one a novel) of Madame Lynch, the Irish courtesan of Paraguay’s Francisco Solano López—and these studies represent only the English-language publications. When we factor in works written in Spanish, German, and Portugu…
Miguel Angel Cuarterolo (1950-2002)
The history of Latin American photography lost one of its most thoughtful proponents last November with the death of Miguel Angel Cuarterolo, the victim of a brain aneurism at age 51. Known to his foreign colleagues as “Don Mac,” Cuarterolo was a pioneer in his field and also a warm and supportive friend. Most previous scholars had used photographs exclusively as background illustrations, but Cuarterolo helped give his subject a new and more soph…
Refining the Numbers: A Response to Reber and Kleinpenning
Our purpose in publishing our 1999 piece in LARR was twofold: to announce the unexpected discovery of a key 1870-1871 census and to suggest some tentative conclusions based on the information it contained. We never thought of offering the final word on the intriguing question of wartime demographics in Paraguay. When we used the term Rosetta stone to describe the 1870-1871 census, we had in mind the serendipitous character of its discovery and th…
The Paraguayan War, Vol. 1: Causes and Early Conduct
The Paraguayan Rosetta Stone: New Insights into the Demographics of the Paraguayan War, 1864–1870
The demographics of the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) have long fascinated historicans and sociologists. If the oft-repeated tales of a 70 percent loss of life in Paraguay are accurate, then this war represents a singular case in modern history, one full of implications for students of militarism, gender, and culture. This study analyzes a newly discovered census from 1870 and reworks earlier censal materials. The authors conclude that the old stori…
El Paraguay bajo los Lopez: Algunos ensayos de historia social y politica
The Chaco War: Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935
Preface Laguna Grande The Chaco Bolivia Paraguay Pitiantuta Boqueron Kilometer 7 Corrales Nanawa Toledo and Fernandez Alihuata Nanawa II Campo Grande Campo Via Ballivian Strongest Algodonal El Carmen Case Staudt Irendague Ibibobo Villa Montes Buenos Aires Bibliography Index
Some Strong Reservations: "A Critique of Vera Blinn Reber's "The Demographics of Paraguay: A Reinterpretation of the Great War, 1864-70
When addressing weaknesses in the historical literature, or when confronting national myths, scholars should avoid overreacting. Too many have fallen into Scylla while trying to miss Charybdis. Vera Blinn Reber's The Demographics of Paraguay: A Reinterpretation of the Great War, 1864-70 (HAHR, May 1988) is a case of how a needed corrective can go too far. Reber's main argument-that the magnitude of Paraguay's population loss during the Triple All…
The Chaco War: Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935
Preface Laguna Grande The Chaco Bolivia Paraguay Pitiantuta Boqueron Kilometer 7 Corrales Nanawa Toledo and Fernandez Alihuata Nanawa II Campo Grande Campo Via Ballivian Strongest Algodonal El Carmen Case Staudt Irendague Ibibobo Villa Montes Buenos Aires Bibliography Index
Cattle Raising in the Argentine Northeast: Corrientes,c.1750-1870
Though Argentina has long been synonymous with trackless pampas and teeming livestock herds, this common image requires some qualification. Before the late nineteenth century, when refrigerated transport made possible a large international market for Argentine beef, cattle played a less important role in the economy of the Río de la Plata than is usually assumed. Except for Buenos Aires province, where stockraising was predominant even in the col…
The Iron Works of Ybycui: Paraguayan Industrial Development in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Paraguay, by the mid-nineteenth century, was alone among the South American nations in its policy of internal development and economic autonomy. Exemplifying this were the many independent efforts at modernizing the country and its economy, including the building of a railway, telegraph system, and perhaps most importantly, an iron foundry. Although many foreign advisers were hired for these projects, ultimate control and direction rested in the …
Building the Nation While Destroying the Land: Paraguayan Journalism during the Triple Alliance War, 1864–1870
We’ve built this digital research platform to provide academics everywhere with fast, stable and secure digital access to our library of over 110,000 scholarly books and 800,000 journal articles. We’ve tested the platform in close cooperation with leading academic institutions. If you have any questions or you notice something doesn’t quite work as it should, please visit our Help/FAQ page and let us know
Some Reflections on Early Anglo-paraguayan Commerce
Scholars of the British experience in Latin America have given considerable attention to the adventures of the two Scottish merchants John Parish Robertson and his brother William, who visited Paraguay between 1811 and 1814. The image of the taciturn Dictator José Gaspar de Francia attempting to use the two British subjects to establish commercial links with Europe has appeared in virtually all histories of the period. Francia's failure in this r…
Court of Blood: Treason and Terror under Paraguay's Francisco Solano López
Treason during wartime inspires some of the worst features in the human character. Not only does the traitor besmirch his own reputation in the eyes of his countrymen, but those near him are frequently polluted by association. Worst of all, the desire for vengeance that is unleashed through treasonous acts frequently brings excesses that dwarf the original crime. It is for this reason that magistrates and systems of law in Western democracies hav…
Refining the Numbers: A Response to Reber and Kleinpenning
Our purpose in publishing our 1999 piece in LARR was twofold: to announce the unexpected discovery of a key 1870-1871 census and to suggest some tentative conclusions based on the information it contained. We never thought of offering the final word on the intriguing question of wartime demographics in Paraguay. When we used the term Rosetta stone to describe the 1870-1871 census, we had in mind the serendipitous character of its discovery and th…
Agriculture and the Upper Plata: The Tobacco Trade, 1780–1865
The disintegration of the tobacco trade in the Upper Plata of the 1800s provides a striking example of economic progress hindered by political conflict—a common occurrence in Latin American history. The exportation of tobacco from this interior region created a focus for a coherent and relatively successful commercial infrastructure during the late colonial era. The post-independence regimes could not, however, create the stability necessary for …
The Iron Works of Ybycui: Paraguayan Industrial Development in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Paraguay, by the mid-nineteenth century, was alone among the South American nations in its policy of internal development and economic autonomy. Exemplifying this were the many independent efforts at modernizing the country and its economy, including the building of a railway, telegraph system, and perhaps most importantly, an iron foundry. Although many foreign advisers were hired for these projects, ultimate control and direction rested in the …
Historiografía paraguaya. Vol. 1. Paraguay indígena, español y jesuíta
Historiografia paraguaya. Vol. 1. Paraguay indigena, espanol y jesuita
Archivo General de la Provincia de Corrientes (Argentina)
Thomas Lyle Whigham, Stephen Webre, William McNellie, J. D. R., James D. Henderson, G. M. D., A. S. T., R. W. G., Mark D. Szuchman, Inter-American Notes, The Americas, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Oct., 1982), pp. 241-258
Paraguayan History: Manuscript Sources in the United States
Interest in Paraguay has increased greatly in the United States over the last twenty years. For a long time, the only serious North American specialist in the history of that ignored nation was Harris Gaylord Warren. In recent years, however, the dean of North American Paraguayanists has been joined by an enthusiastic group of historians who have focused on such topics as the Comunero Revolt, the Intendencia and Independence eras, the Francia and…
An Interview with Jose Honorio Rodrigues
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Agriculture and the Upper Plata: The Tobacco Trade, 1780–1865
The disintegration of the tobacco trade in the Upper Plata of the 1800s provides a striking example of economic progress hindered by political conflict—a common occurrence in Latin American history. The exportation of tobacco from this interior region created a focus for a coherent and relatively successful commercial infrastructure during the late colonial era. The post-independence regimes could not, however, create the stability necessary for …
Some Reflections on Early Anglo-paraguayan Commerce
Scholars of the British experience in Latin America have given considerable attention to the adventures of the two Scottish merchants John Parish Robertson and his brother William, who visited Paraguay between 1811 and 1814. The image of the taciturn Dictator José Gaspar de Francia attempting to use the two British subjects to establish commercial links with Europe has appeared in virtually all histories of the period. Francia's failure in this r…
Changes at the Correntino Archive
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Cattle Raising in the Argentine Northeast: Corrientes,c.1750-1870
Though Argentina has long been synonymous with trackless pampas and teeming livestock herds, this common image requires some qualification. Before the late nineteenth century, when refrigerated transport made possible a large international market for Argentine beef, cattle played a less important role in the economy of the Río de la Plata than is usually assumed. Except for Buenos Aires province, where stockraising was predominant even in the col…
Harris Gaylord Warren (1906-1988)
Some Strong Reservations: "A Critique of Vera Blinn Reber's "The Demographics of Paraguay: A Reinterpretation of the Great War, 1864-70
When addressing weaknesses in the historical literature, or when confronting national myths, scholars should avoid overreacting. Too many have fallen into Scylla while trying to miss Charybdis. Vera Blinn Reber's The Demographics of Paraguay: A Reinterpretation of the Great War, 1864-70 (HAHR, May 1988) is a case of how a needed corrective can go too far. Reber's main argument-that the magnitude of Paraguay's population loss during the Triple All…
The Politics of River Trade: Tradition and Development in the Upper Plata, 1780-1870
The Politics of River Trade: Tradition and Development in the Upper Plata, 1780-1870
Political Parties and Generations in Paraguay's Liberal Era, 1869-1940
Estrategias de desarrollo rural en los pueblos guaraníes (1609-1767)
El Paraguay bajo los Lopez: Algunos ensayos de historia social y politica
The Chaco War: Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935
Preface Laguna Grande The Chaco Bolivia Paraguay Pitiantuta Boqueron Kilometer 7 Corrales Nanawa Toledo and Fernandez Alihuata Nanawa II Campo Grande Campo Via Ballivian Strongest Algodonal El Carmen Case Staudt Irendague Ibibobo Villa Montes Buenos Aires Bibliography Index
A Guide to Collections on Paraguay in the United States
The Paraguayan Rosetta Stone: New Insights into the Demographics of the Paraguayan War, 1864–1870
The demographics of the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) have long fascinated historicans and sociologists. If the oft-repeated tales of a 70 percent loss of life in Paraguay are accurate, then this war represents a singular case in modern history, one full of implications for students of militarism, gender, and culture. This study analyzes a newly discovered census from 1870 and reworks earlier censal materials. The authors conclude that the old stori…
Refining the Numbers: A Response to Reber and Kleinpenning
Our purpose in publishing our 1999 piece in LARR was twofold: to announce the unexpected discovery of a key 1870-1871 census and to suggest some tentative conclusions based on the information it contained. We never thought of offering the final word on the intriguing question of wartime demographics in Paraguay. When we used the term Rosetta stone to describe the 1870-1871 census, we had in mind the serendipitous character of its discovery and th…
The Paraguayan War, Vol. 1: Causes and Early Conduct
O cerne da discórdia: A guerra do Paraguai e o núcleo profissional do exército
These are banner times for Triple Alliance War scholarship. Over the last year, two important narrative histories of the conflict have appeared, along with several useful articles on war demographics and three separate biographies (one a novel) of Madame Lynch, the Irish courtesan of Paraguay’s Francisco Solano López—and these studies represent only the English-language publications. When we factor in works written in Spanish, German, and Portugu…
Miguel Angel Cuarterolo (1950-2002)
The history of Latin American photography lost one of its most thoughtful proponents last November with the death of Miguel Angel Cuarterolo, the victim of a brain aneurism at age 51. Known to his foreign colleagues as “Don Mac,” Cuarterolo was a pioneer in his field and also a warm and supportive friend. Most previous scholars had used photographs exclusively as background illustrations, but Cuarterolo helped give his subject a new and more soph…
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