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The South American Republics, Part I

Gelesen von Piotr Nater

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The question most frequently asked me since I began my stay in South America has been: "Why do they have so many revolutions there?" Possibly the events recounted in the following pages may help the reader to answer this for himself. I hope that he will share my conviction that militarism has already definitely disappeared from more than half the continent and is slowly becoming less powerful in the remainder. Constitutional traditions, inherited from Spain and Portugal, implanted a tendency toward disintegration; Spanish and Portuguese tyranny bred in the people a distrust of all rulers and governments; the war of independence brought to the front military adventurers; civil disorders were inevitable, and the search for forms of government that should be final and stable has been very painful. On the other hand, the generous impulse that prompted the movement toward independence has grown into an earnest desire for ordered liberty, which is steadily spreading among all classes. Civic capacity is increasing among the body of South Americans and immigration is raising the industrial level. They are slowly evolving among themselves the best form of government for their special needs and conditions.

It is hard to secure from the tangle of events called South American history a clearly defined picture. At the risk of repetition I have tried to tell separately the story of each country, because each has its special history and its peculiar characteristics. All of these states have, however, had much in common and it is only in the case of the larger nations that social and political conditions have been described in detail. (Fragment of the Preface)

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Chapters

INTRODUCTORY: THE DISCOVERIES AND THE CONQUEST part 1

21:23

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INTRODUCTORY: THE DISCOVERIES AND THE CONQUEST part 2

26:27

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ARGENTINA I: THE ARGENTINE LAND

13:13

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ARGENTINA II: THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM

17:29

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ARGENTINA III: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

19:49

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ARGENTINA IV. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

13:59

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ARGENTINA V. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE REVOLUTION

26:36

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ARGENTINA VI. COMPLETION OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

27:05

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ARGENTINA VII. THE ERA OF CIVIL WARS

24:36

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ARGENTINA VIII. CONSOLIDATION

16:27

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ARGENTINA IX. THE MODERN ARGENTINE

32:15

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PARAGUAY I. PARAGUAY UNTIL 1632

18:02

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PARAGUAY II. THE JESUIT REPUBLIC AND COLONIAL PARAGUAY

15:27

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PARAGUAY III. FRANCIA'S REIGN

14:08

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PARAGUAY IV. THE REIGN OF THE ELDER LOPEZ

12:47

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PARAGUAY V. THE WAR

19:14

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PARAGUAY VI. PARAGUAY SINCE 1870

7:22

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URUGUAY I. INTRODUCTION

18:10

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URUGUAY II. PORTUGUESE AGGRESSIONS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY

11:16

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URUGUAY III. THE REVOLUTION

16:45

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URUGUAY IV. INDEPENDENCE AND CIVIL WAR

8:07

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URUGUAY V. CIVIL WAR AND ARGENTINE INTERVENTION

11:09

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URUGUAY VI. COLORADOS AND BLANCOS

18:26

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BRAZIL I. PORTUGAL

12:48

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BRAZIL II. DISCOVERY

13:57

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BRAZIL III. DESCRIPTION

16:19

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BRAZIL IV. EARLY COLONISATION

15:24

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BRAZIL V. THE JESUITS

10:09

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BRAZIL VI. FRENCH OCCUPATION OF RIO

10:49

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BRAZIL VII. EXPANSION

11:48

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BRAZIL VIII. THE DUTCH CONQUEST

16:59

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BRAZIL IX. EXPULSION OF THE DUTCH

16:20

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BRAZIL X. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

10:15

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BRAZIL XI. GOLD DISCOVERIES—REVOLTS—FRENCH ATTACKS

12:32

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BRAZIL XII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

20:46

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BRAZIL XIII. THE PORTUGUESE COURT IN RIO

14:51

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BRAZIL XIV. INDEPENDENCE

13:08

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BRAZIL XV. REIGN OF PEDRO I.

24:43

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BRAZIL XVI. THE REGENCY

19:44

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BRAZIL XVII. PEDRO II.

13:05

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BRAZIL XVIII. EVENTS OF 1849 TO 1864

14:39

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BRAZIL XIX. THE PARAGUAYAN WAR

13:02

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BRAZIL XX. REPUBLICANISM AND EMANCIPATION

20:27

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BRAZIL XXI. THE REVOLUTION—THE DICTATORSHIP—THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC

28:35

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