A revolution for our rights: indigenous struggles for land and justice in Bolivia, 1880 - 1952

Gotkowitz provides a re-assessment of the cause of Bolivia's 1952 revolution, arguing that the revolution roots are to be found in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through the country during the first half of the 20th century, as opposed to class-based movements in the 1...

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Main Author: Gotkowitz, Laura (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham [u.a.] Duke Univ. Press 2007
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Summary:Gotkowitz provides a re-assessment of the cause of Bolivia's 1952 revolution, arguing that the revolution roots are to be found in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through the country during the first half of the 20th century, as opposed to class-based movements in the 1930s, such as the mineworker unions.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The peculiar paths of the liberal project -- Indigenista statecraft and the rise of the caciques apoderados -- "In our provinces there is no justice" : caciques apoderados and the crisis of the liberal project -- The problem of national unity : from the Chaco War to the 1938 Constitutional Convention -- The unruly countryside : defending land, labor rights, and autonomy -- The unwilling city : Villarroel populism and the politics of mestizaje -- "The disgrace of the Pongo and the Mitani" : the 1945 indigenous congress and a law against servitude -- "Under the dominion of the Indian" : the 1947 cycle of unrest
Physical Description:XIV, 398 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:9780822340492
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