Frank, Zephyr (Author)
Blanc, Jacob (Editor)
Frederico Freitas (Editor)
University of Arizona Press
Physical Details: 344
Language: English
From the Jesuit reductions in the seventeenth century to the flows of capital and goods accelerated by contemporary trade agreements, the Triple Frontier region has proven fundamental to the development of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, as well as to the Southern Cone and South America itself. Although historians from each of these three countries have tended to construct narratives that stop at their respective borders, the contributors call for a reinterpretation that goes beyond the material and conceptual boundaries of the Triple Frontier. In offering a transnational approach, Big Water helps transcend nation-centered blind spots and approach new understandings of how space and society have developed throughout Latin America. These essays complicate traditional frontier histories and balance the excessive weight previously given to empires, nations, and territorial expansion. Overcoming stagnant comparisons between national cases, the research explores regional identity beyond border and geopolitical divides. Thus, Big Water focuses on the uniquely overlapping character of the Triple Frontier and emphasizes a perspective usually left at the periphery of national histories. Contributors Shawn Michael Austin Jacob Blanc Bridget María Chesterton Christine Folch Zephyr Frank Frederico Freitas Michael Kenneth Huner Evaldo Mendes da Silva Eunice Sueli Nodari Graciela Silvestri Guillermo Wilde Daryle Williams
...MoreReview James Patterson (2020) Review of "Big Water: The Making of the Borderlands Between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay". Agricultural History (pp. 305-308).
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