Tacna and Arica


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Andean Tragedy


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The year 1879 marked the beginning of one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts of nineteenth-century Latin America. The War of the Pacific pitted Peru and Bolivia against Chile in a struggle initiated over a festering border dispute. The conflict saw Chile's and Peru's armored warships vying for control of sea lanes and included one of the first examples of the use of naval torpedoes.




Lines in the Sand


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Skuban's study highlights the fabricated nature of national identity in what became one of the most contentious border disputes in South American history.




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The Encyclopædia Britannica


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Chile Since Independence


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Chile Since Independence brings together four chapters from Volumes III, V and VIII of The Cambridge History of Latin America to provide in a single volume an economic, social, and political history of Chile since independence. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.




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