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

Author:: Gotkowitz, Laura
Published:: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Physical Description:: xiv, 398 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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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.

Subject(s):

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

ISBN:

9780822340492 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822340496 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822340676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822340674 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-384) and index.

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