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Revolution for Our Rights : Indigenous Struggles for Land and Justice in Bolivia, 1880-1952 by Laura Gotkowitz (2008, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN-100822340674
ISBN-139780822340676
eBay Product ID (ePID)60658542
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRevolution for Our Rights : Indigenous Struggles for Land and Justice in Bolivia, 1880-1952
SubjectSocial History, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Latin America / South America
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
AuthorLaura Gotkowitz
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History
FormatPerfect
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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight21.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-029317
Reviews"An innovative, eloquent, and deeply researched history that locates indigenous subjects at the very center of Bolivia's prolonged struggle for internal decolonization and democracy in the tumultuous half-century leading up to the 1952 Revolution. The book's fascinating, fine-grained explorations of the radical implications (and grotesque realities) of citizenship and social justice for Bolivia's Quechua and Aymara communities is a profound--and timely--contribution to our understanding of how indigenous politics and social movements can sometimes change the course of history."--Brooke Larson, author of Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810-1910, "An innovative, eloquent, and deeply researched history that locates indigenous subjects at the very center of Bolivia's prolonged struggle for internal decolonization and democracy in the tumultuous half-century leading up to the 1952 Revolution. The book's fascinating, fine-grained explorations of the radical implications (and grotesque realities) of citizenship and social justice for Bolivia's Quechua and Aymara communities is a profound-and timely-contribution to our understanding of how indigenous politics and social movements can sometimes change the course of history."-Brooke Larson, author of Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810-1910"This is a most impressive work of history-deeply grounded in archival and primary sources, clearly and beautifully written, and sharply perceptive of the subtleties as well as the extremities that so characterize Andean life. The book will become a required resource for understanding not only the Bolivian Revolution of 1952 but also the social movements of the contemporary period, in which the role of Cochabamba is still poorly understood."-James Dunkerley, author of Bolivia: Revolution and the Power of History in the Present"A Revolution for Our Rights is a major contribution to studies of Andean history and anthropology and to studies of indigenous and popular politics in Latin America as a whole. In this exciting and powerful study, Laura Gotkowitz illuminates modern Indian political engagements in what is today the most indigenous country in the Americas."-Sinclair Thomson, author of We Alone Will Rule: Native Andean Politics in the Age of Insurgency, “An innovative, eloquent, and deeply researched history that locates indigenous subjects at the very center of Bolivia’s prolonged struggle for internal decolonization and democracy in the tumultuous half-century leading up to the 1952 Revolution. The book’s fascinating, fine-grained explorations of the radical implications (and grotesque realities) of citizenship and social justice for Bolivia’s Quechua and Aymara communities is a profound-and timely-contribution to our understanding of how indigenous politics and social movements can sometimes change the course of history.�-Brooke Larson, author of Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810–1910, "An innovative, eloquent, and deeply researched history that locates indigenous subjects at the very center of Bolivia's prolonged struggle for internal decolonization and democracy in the tumultuous half-century leading up to the 1952 Revolution. The book's fascinating, fine-grained explorations of the radical implications (and grotesque realities) of citizenship and social justice for Bolivia's Quechua and Aymara communities is a profound--and timely--contribution to our understanding of how indigenous politics and social movements can sometimes change the course of history."--Brooke Larson, author of Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810-1910 "This is a most impressive work of history--deeply grounded in archival and primary sources, clearly and beautifully written, and sharply perceptive of the subtleties as well as the extremities that so characterize Andean life. The book will become a required resource for understanding not only the Bolivian Revolution of 1952 but also the social movements of the contemporary period, in which the role of Cochabamba is still poorly understood."--James Dunkerley, author of Bolivia: Revolution and the Power of History in the Present "A Revolution for Our Rights is a major contribution to studies of Andean history and anthropology and to studies of indigenous and popular politics in Latin America as a whole. In this exciting and powerful study, Laura Gotkowitz illuminates modern Indian political engagements in what is today the most indigenous country in the Americas."--Sinclair Thomson, author of We Alone Will Rule: Native Andean Politics in the Age of Insurgency, "This is a most impressive work of history-deeply grounded in archival and primary sources, clearly and beautifully written, and sharply perceptive of the subtleties as well as the extremities that so characterize Andean life. The book will become a required resource for understanding not only the Bolivian Revolution of 1952 but also the social movements of the contemporary period, in which the role of Cochabamba is still poorly understood."-James Dunkerley, author of Bolivia: Revolution and the Power of History in the Present, “This is a most impressive work of history-deeply grounded in archival and primary sources, clearly and beautifully written, and sharply perceptive of the subtleties as well as the extremities that so characterize Andean life. The book will become a required resource for understanding not only the Bolivian Revolution of 1952 but also the social movements of the contemporary period, in which the role of Cochabamba is still poorly understood.�-James Dunkerley, author of Bolivia: Revolution and the Power of History in the Present, " A Revolution for Our Rights is a major contribution to studies of Andean history and anthropology and to studies of indigenous and popular politics in Latin America as a whole. In this exciting and powerful study, Laura Gotkowitz illuminates modern Indian political engagements in what is today the most indigenous country in the Americas."-Sinclair Thomson, author of We Alone Will Rule: Native Andean Politics in the Age of Insurgency, “ A Revolution for Our Rights is a major contribution to studies of Andean history and anthropology and to studies of indigenous and popular politics in Latin America as a whole. In this exciting and powerful study, Laura Gotkowitz illuminates modern Indian political engagements in what is today the most indigenous country in the Americas.�-Sinclair Thomson, author of We Alone Will Rule: Native Andean Politics in the Age of Insurgency, "This is a most impressive work of history--deeply grounded in archival and primary sources, clearly and beautifully written, and sharply perceptive of the subtleties as well as the extremities that so characterize Andean life. The book will become a required resource for understanding not only the Bolivian Revolution of 1952 but also the social movements of the contemporary period, in which the role of Cochabamba is still poorly understood."--James Dunkerley, author of Bolivia: Revolution and the Power of History in the Present, " A Revolution for Our Rights is a major contribution to studies of Andean history and anthropology and to studies of indigenous and popular politics in Latin America as a whole. In this exciting and powerful study, Laura Gotkowitz illuminates modern Indian political engagements in what is today the most indigenous country in the Americas."--Sinclair Thomson, author of We Alone Will Rule: Native Andean Politics in the Age of Insurgency, "An innovative, eloquent, and deeply researched history that locates indigenous subjects at the very center of Bolivia's prolonged struggle for internal decolonization and democracy in the tumultuous half-century leading up to the 1952 Revolution. The book's fascinating, fine-grained explorations of the radical implications (and grotesque realities) of citizenship and social justice for Bolivia's Quechua and Aymara communities is a profound-and timely-contribution to our understanding of how indigenous politics and social movements can sometimes change the course of history."-Brooke Larson, author of Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 18101910
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal984.05/2
Table Of ContentIllustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The Peculiar Paths of the Liberal Project 17 2. Indigenista Statecraft and the Rise of the Caciques Apoderados 43 3. "In Our Provinces There Is No Justice": Caciques Apoderados and the Crisis of the Liberal Project 69 4. The Problem of National Unity: From the Chaco War to the 1938 Constitutional Convention 101 5. The Unruly Countryside: Defending Land, Labor Rights, and Autonomy 131 6. The Unwilling City: Villarroel Populism and the Politics of Mestizaje 164 7. "The Disgrace of the Pongo and the Mitani": The 1945 Indigenous Congress and a Law against Servitude 192 8. "Under the Dominion of the Indian": The 1947 Cycle of Unrest 233 Conclusion and Epilogue: Rethinking the Rural Roots of the 1952 Revolution 268 Notes 291 Bibliography 359 Index 385
SynopsisA Revolution for Our Rights is a significant reassessment of the cause of Bolivias 1952 revolution. Historians have tended to view the revolution as the result of class-based movements that accompanied the rise of peasant leagues, mineworker unions, and reformist political projects in the 1930s. Laura Gotkowitz argues that the revolution had deeper rootsin the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through Bolivia during the first half of the twentieth century. Challenging conventional wisdom, she demonstrates that rural indigenous activists forged tentative alliances with reformist state authorities and helped shape the populist projects of the 1930s and 1940s. In so doing, she provides a fresh perspective on the formative but little-studied period of 1940s military populism. Gotkowitz combines an emphasis on national political debates and congresses with a fine-grained analysis of Indian communities and large estates in the department of Cochabamba. The fragmented nature of Cochabambas Indian communities and the pioneering significance of its peasant unions make it a propitious vantage point for exploring contests over competing visions of the nation, citizenship, and rights. Scrutinizing state authorities efforts to impose the law in what was considered a lawless countryside, Gotkowitz shows how, time and again, indigenous activists shrewdly exploited the ambiguous status of the states pro-Indian laws to press their demands for land and justice. Bolivian indigenous and social movements have captured worldwide attention during the past several years. By describing indigenous mobilization in the decades preceding the 1952 revolution, A Revolution for Our Rightsilluminates a crucial chapter in the long history behind present-day struggles in Bolivia and contr, A Revolution for Our Rights is a critical reassessment of the causes and significance of the Bolivian Revolution of 1952. Historians have tended to view the revolution as the result of class-based movements that accompanied the rise of peasant leagues, mineworker unions, and reformist political projects in the 1930s. Laura Gotkowitz argues that the revolution had deeper roots in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through Bolivia during the first half of the twentieth century. Challenging conventional wisdom, she demonstrates that rural indigenous activists fundamentally reshaped the military populist projects of the 1930s and 1940s. In so doing, she chronicles a hidden rural revolution--before the revolution of 1952--that fused appeals for equality with demands for a radical reconfiguration of political power, landholding, and rights. Gotkowitz combines an emphasis on national political debates and congresses with a sharply focused analysis of Indian communities and large estates in the department of Cochabamba. The fragmented nature of Cochabamba's Indian communities and the pioneering significance of its peasant unions make it a propitious vantage point for exploring contests over competing visions of the nation, justice, and rights. Scrutinizing state authorities' efforts to impose the law in what was considered a lawless countryside, Gotkowitz shows how, time and again, indigenous activists shrewdly exploited the ambiguous status of the state's pro-Indian laws to press their demands for land and justice. Bolivian indigenous and social movements have captured worldwide attention during the past several years. By describing indigenous mobilization in the decades preceding the revolution of 1952, A Revolution for Our Rights illuminates a crucial chapter in the long history behind present-day struggles in Bolivia and contributes to an understanding of indigenous politics in modern Latin America more broadly., "A Revolution for Our Rights" is a significant reassessment of the causes of Bolivia's 1952 revolution. Historians have tended to view the revolution as the result of class-based movements that accompanied the rise of peasant leagues, mineworker unions, and reformist political projects in the 1930s. Laura Gotkowitz argues that the revolution had deeper roots in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through Bolivia during the first half of the twentieth century. Challenging conventional wisdom, she demonstrates that rural indigenous activists fundamentally reshaped the military populist projects of the 1930s and 1940s. In so doing, she chronicles a hidden rural "revolution"--before the 1952 revolution--that fused appeals for equality with demands for a radical reconfiguration of political power, landholding, and rights. Gotkowitz combines an emphasis on national political debates and congresses with a fine-grained analysis of Indian communities and large estates in the department of Cochabamba. The fragmented nature of Cochabamba's Indian communities and the pioneering significance of its peasant unions make it a propitious vantage point for exploring contests over competing visions of the nation, justice, and rights. Scrutinizing state authorities' efforts to impose the law in what was considered a lawless countryside, Gotkowitz shows how, time and again, indigenous activists shrewdly exploited the ambiguous status of the state's pro-Indian laws to press their demands for land and justice. Bolivian indigenous and social movements have captured worldwide attention during the past several years. By describing indigenous mobilization in the decades preceding the 1952revolution, "A Revolution for Our Rights" illuminates a crucial chapter in the long history behind present-day struggles in Bolivia and contributes to an understanding of indigenous politics in modern Latin America more broadly.
LC Classification NumberF3326.G68 2007
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