Table of Contents:
  • Preface; 1. End of the Paraguayan War; 2. The Stricken Nation; 3. Politics and Diplomacy, 1869-1870; 4. The Provisional Government in Power; 5. The Convention of 1870; 6. Politics and Diplomacy, 1870-1871; 7. Crises of 1872; 8. Rails, Loans, and Immigrants; 9. Paraguayan Society in the Postwar Decade; 10. Jovellanos and the Plots of 1872-1873; 11. The Triumph of Juan Bautista Gill; 12. In the Toils of the Past; 13. Diplomacy and Revolution, 1875-1876; 14. End of an Era; 15. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.