The Bolivia Reader

History, Culture, Politics

Sinclair Thomson, Rossana Barragán, Xavier Albó, Seemin Qayum, Mark Goodale (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

744 Seiten

2018
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8223-7152-6 (ISBN)

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The Bolivia Reader provides a panoramic view, from antiquity to the present, of the history, culture, and politics of a country known for its ethnic and regional diversity, its rich natural resources and dilemmas of economic development, and its political conflict and creativity. Featuring both classic and little-known texts ranging from fiction, memoir, and poetry to government documents, journalism, and political speeches, the volume challenges stereotypes of Bolivia as a backward nation while offering insights into the country's history of mineral extraction, revolution, labor organizing, indigenous peoples' movements, and much more. Whether documenting Inka rule or Spanish conquest, three centuries at the center of Spanish empire, or the turbulent politics and cultural vibrancy of the national period, these sources-the majority of which appear in English for the first time-foreground the voices of actors from many different walks of life. Unprecedented in scope, The Bolivia Reader illustrates the historical depth and contemporary challenges of Bolivia in all their complexity.

Sinclair Thomson is Associate Professor of History at New York University. Rossana BarragÁn is Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands. Xavier AlbÓ is a Jesuit priest and independent scholar. Seemin Qayum is an independent scholar. Mark Goodale is Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Lausanne.

Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
I. First Peoples and the Making of Andean and Amazonian Space 13
II. States and Conquests in the Andes 45
III. The Rich Mountain 71
IV. From Indian Insurgency to Creole Independence 115
V. Market Circuits and Enclave Extraction 161
VI. The Nation and Political Fragmentation 207
VII. The Nationalization of Natural Resources 257
VIII. Revolutionary Currents 323
IX. Dictatorship and Democracy 407
X. Neoliberalism and Lowland Ascendency 503
XI. Competing Projects for the Future 541
XII. Pachakuti? 623
Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing 679
Acknowledgment of Copyright and Sources 687
Index 699

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	The Latin America Readers
Zusatzinfo	87 illustrations, incl. 10 in color
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1043 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Südamerika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8223-7152-9 / 0822371529
ISBN-13	978-0-8223-7152-6 / 9780822371526
Zustand	Neuware