Bandits and Politics in Peru
Author : Lewis Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Agricultural laborers
ISBN :
Bandits and Liberals, Rebels and Saints
Author : Alan Knight
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 2022-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1496229428
Book Description
In seven substantial essays, previously unpublished, Alan Knight offers a distinct perspective on several overarching themes in Latin American history, spanning approximately two centuries, from 1800 to 2000.
Bandit Narratives in Latin America
Author : Juan Pablo Dabove
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 45,35 MB
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0822982323
Book Description
Bandits seem ubiquitous in Latin American culture. Even contemporary actors of violence are framed by narratives that harken back to old images of the rural bandit, either to legitimize or delegitimize violence, or to intervene in larger conflicts within or between nation-states. However, the bandit seems to escape a straightforward definition, since the same label can apply to the leader of thousands of soldiers (as in the case of Villa) or to the humble highwayman eking out a meager living by waylaying travelers at machete point. Dabove presents the reader not with a definition of the bandit, but with a series of case studies showing how the bandit trope was used in fictional and non-fictional narratives by writers and political leaders, from the Mexican Revolution to the present. By examining cases from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, from Pancho Villa's autobiography to Hugo Chavez's appropriation of his "outlaw" grandfather, Dabove reveals how bandits function as a symbol to expose the dilemmas or aspirations of cultural and political practices, including literature as a social practice and as an ethical experience.
Bandits and Liberals, Rebels and Saints
Author : Alan Knight
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 2022-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1496230892
Book Description
In Bandits and Liberals, Rebels and Saints Alan Knight offers a distinct perspective on several overarching themes in Latin American history, spanning approximately two centuries, from 1800 to 2000. Knight's approach is ambitious and comparative--sometimes ranging beyond Latin America and combining relevant social theory with robust empirical detail. He tries to offer answers to big questions while challenging alternative answers and approaches, including several recently fashionable ones. While the individual essays and the book as a whole are roughly chronological, the approach is essentially thematic, with chapters devoted to major contentious themes in Latin American history across two centuries: the sociopolitical roots and impact of banditry; the character and evolution of liberalism; religious conflict; the divergent historical trajectories of Peru and Mexico; the nature of informal empire and internal colonialism; and the region's revolutionary history--viewed through the twin prisms of British perceptions and comparative global history.
Agrarian Structure and Political Power
Author : Evelyne Huber
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 082297472X
Book Description
The troubled history of democracy in Latin America has been the subject of much scholarly commentary. This volume breaks new ground by systematically exploring the linkages among the historical legacies of large landholding patterns, agrarian class relations, and authoritarian versus democratic trajectories in Latin American countries. The essays address questions about the importance of large landownders for the national economy, the labor needs and labor relations of these landowners, attempts of landowners to enlist the support of the state to control labor, and the democratic forms of rule in the twentieth century.
The Peru Reader
Author : Orin Starn
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 31,16 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822316176
Book Description
A collection of essays, folklore, historical documents, poetry, songs, short stories, autobiographical accounts and photographs.
Bandidos
Author : Richard W. Slatta
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 1987-02-04
Category : Law
ISBN :
Book Description
This collection explores the varieties of banditry in Latin America and provides a major comparative testing of Hobsbawm's model of the social bandit. Comprised of a unique collection of essays, it contributes to a more accurate understanding of bandit leaders and followers, as well as to the analysis of banditry as a social phenomenon.
Now Peru Is Mine
Author : Manuel Llamojha Mitma
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0822373750
Book Description
Born in 1921, Manuel Llamojha Mitma became one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. Now Peru Is Mine combines extensive oral history interviews with archival research to chronicle his struggles for indigenous land rights and political inclusion as well as his fight against anti-Indian racism. His compelling story—framed by Jaymie Patricia Heilman's historical contextualization—covers nearly eight decades, from the poverty of his youth and teaching himself to read, to becoming an internationally known activist. Llamojha also recounts his life's tragedies, such as being forced to flee his home and the disappearance of his son during the war between the Shining Path and the government. His life gives insight into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history, among them urbanization, poverty, racism, agrarian reform, political organizing, the demise of the hacienda system, and the Shining Path. The centrality of his embrace of his campesino identity forces a rethinking of how indigenous identity works inside Peru, while the implications of his activism broaden our understanding of political mobilization in Cold War Latin America.
A Brief History of Peru
Author : Christine Hunefeldt
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,14 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1438108281
Book Description
Understanding the recent social unrest and political developments in Peru requires a thorough understanding of the country's past
The History of Peru
Author : Daniel Masterson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
For centuries, Peru's coast, mountains, and jungles have served as the grounds for bustling civilizations, including the Incan Empire. This exciting and comprehensive volume covers social life and culture, political practices, economics, and international influence throughout the ages in Peru, from the earliest social groups dating as far back as 500 BC to life today in the 21st Century. Ideal for high school students and general readers interested in South American history, this volume is an essential addition for high school and public libraries. A timeline of key events, list of notable people who made significant contributions to Peru's history, and a bibliography of print and electronic sources supplement the work. For centuries, Peru's coast, mountains, and jungles have served as the grounds for bustling civilizations, including the Incan Empire. This exciting and comprehensive volume covers social life and culture, political practices, economics, and international influence throughout the ages in Peru, from the earliest social groups dating as far back as 500 BC to life today in the 21st Century. Ideal for high school students and general readers interested in South American history, this volume is an essential addition for high school and public libraries. A timeline of key events, list of notable people who made significant contributions to Peru's history, and a bibliography of print and electronic sources supplement the work.
