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Francia (1814-40) nor Carlos Antonio L6pez (1842-62) felt any strong desire to disturb women's traditional role in the new republic.One obseJVable social survivor of the colonial period, however, was the large number of illegitimate children whose fathers were, at best, casual visitors to the household.This also was accepted by Paraguayans as a normal state of affairs.Indeed, Francia, by his assaults on the church and provincial elites, actually reinforced the common acceptance of illegitimacy at all levels of society.Don Carlos, on achieving power, attempted to strengthen the institution of marriage.He failed.Social custom proved stronger than decreed law.While the "kill-off" of Paraguay's population during the War of the Triple Alliance is not a primary theme here, the author touches on it while investigating family size, fertility, mortality, and gender distribution.Through the use of parish records, informes, and the censuses of the era, she presents convincing microstudies of Paraguay's demographiC situation.All her research strengthens the traditional view of at least a 40 percent population loss between 1864 and 1870.As for the war itself, Potthast-Jutkeit narrates the role and contribution of women in tragiC detail.The faults of this study are minor.Originally it was a Habilitationschrift, and as such betrays its origin; the detail presented often overwhelms the reader.On the other hand, that very thoroughness, in both text and notes, makes it an extremely valuable contribution to historical literature.Some 60 pages of tables are a boon to historians of Paraguay.The research is meticulous; the author exhausted archives throughout the Rio de la Plata and Europe

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