1st American Dictatorship: Dr. Francia in Paraguay 1814-1840
FAIN: FT-11238-72
Indiana State University, Terre Haute (Terre Haute, IN 47809-0001)
John H. Williams (Project Director: June 1972 to present)
To examine the political system of Dr. Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, the first dictator of the Americas, and to study the origins of Latin American dictatorship boradly.