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

Title
A revolution for our rights : indigenous struggles for land and justice in Bolivia, 1880-1952 / Laura Gotkowitz.
Author
Gotkowitz, Laura.
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.

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Description
xiv, 398 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-384) and index.
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.
Call Number
JGE 08-229
ISBN
  • 9780822340492 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822340496 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822340676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0822340674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007029317
OCLC
162118812
Author
Gotkowitz, Laura.
Title
A revolution for our rights : indigenous struggles for land and justice in Bolivia, 1880-1952 / Laura Gotkowitz.
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-384) and index.
Research Call Number
JGE 08-229
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