Table of Contents

Introduction I Part One:The Invasionfrom Within 1. Early Encounters 17 2. The Footprints of Saint Thomas 30 3. Daily Life 52 Part Two: The Invasionfrom Without 4. From Resistance to Rebellion 87 5. The Guarani in the Aftermath of the Expulsion of the Jesuits 117 6. Our Warehouses Are Empty: Guarani Responses to the Reorganization of the Missions 137 7. Guarani Cultural Resiliency and Reorientations 164

About the Author

Barbara Ganson is Associate Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University.

Reviews

"This book, which may well supersede most of its predecessors, is a must for those who care about the subject, and will interest many who know nothing about it." - D.B. Heath, Brown University "Barbara Ganson is the first historian to understand the mission Guarani of Paraguay...This important work sets a high standard. On these famous missions, Ganson is now the best authority." - The Catholic Historical Review "Barbara Ganson's study is a comprehensive collection of historical sources that explain the conditions of the Guarani indigenous people in the last half of the eighteenth century... [T]his study makes a major contribution towards explaining the emergence of the Paraguayan peasantry and the collapse of significant Guarani resistance throughout the Southern Cone by 1820." - Histoire Sociale/Social History