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

Author/creator Gotkowitz, Laura
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxiv, 398 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Indians of South America--Bolivia. --Cochabamba (Department). --Government relations.
Indians of South America--Civil rights. --Bolivia. --Cochabamba (Department).
Social movements--Bolivia. --History. --20th century.
Bolivia--History. --Revolution, 1952. --Causes.

Contents 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 -- Conclusion and epilogue : rethinking the rural roots of the 1952 revolution.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [359]-384) and index.
LCCN 2007029317
ISBN9780822340492 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822340496 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822340676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822340674 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F 3326 .G68 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold