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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807005403321

Autore

Gotkowitz Laura

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8223-4049-6

1-283-02327-X

9786613023278

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

984.05/2

984.052

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Bolivia - Cochabamba (Dept.) - Government relations

Indians of South America - Civil rights - Bolivia - Cochabamba (Dept.)

Social movements - Bolivia - History - 20th century

Bolivia History Revolution, 1952 Causes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Analyzes struggles over citizenship and nationhood in Bolivia, following the fate of subaltern projects for political inclusion and asking why ethnic/racial claims were more effectively incorporated into the revolutionary agenda than were gender demands.