03975nam 2200769 a 450 991078125810332120200520144314.00-292-73475-110.7560/723962(CKB)2550000000036554(SSID)ssj0000536912(PQKBManifestationID)11387651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536912(PQKBWorkID)10552360(PQKB)11571211(OCoLC)855363518(MdBmJHUP)muse4712(Au-PeEL)EBL3571761(CaPaEBR)ebr10470342(OCoLC)932326891(MiAaPQ)EBC3571761(DE-B1597)588254(DE-B1597)9780292734753(EXLCZ)99255000000003655420101015d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFrom the mines to the streets[electronic resource] a Bolivian activist's life /Benjamin Kohl and Linda Farthing ; with Félix Muruchi1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press2011xxvii, 233 pWilliam & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western HemisphereBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-72396-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Growing up in the fields and the mines -- pt. 2. The mines -- pt. 3. From exile to exile -- pt. 4. Activist in El Alto.From the Mines to the Streets draws on the life of Félix Muruchi to depict the greater forces at play in Bolivia and elsewhere in South America during the last half of the twentieth century. It traces Félix from his birth in an indigenous family in 1946, just after the abolition of bonded labor, through the next sixty years of Bolivia's turbulent history. As a teenager, Félix followed his father into the tin mines before serving a compulsory year in the military, during which he witnessed the 1964 coup d'état that plunged the country into eighteen years of military rule. He returned to work in the mines, where he quickly rose to become a union leader. The reward for his activism was imprisonment, torture, and exile. After he came home, he participated actively in the struggles against neoliberal governments, which led in 2006—the year of his sixtieth birthday—to the inauguration of Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president. The authors weave Muruchi's compelling recollections with contextual commentary that elucidates Bolivian history. The combination of an unforgettable life story and in-depth text boxes makes this a gripping, effective account, destined to become a classic sourcebook.William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.Political activistsBoliviaBiographyLabor leadersBoliviaBiographyMinersBoliviaBiographyIndigenous peoplesBoliviaSocial conditions20th centuryBoliviaPolitics and government1952-1982BoliviaPolitics and government1982-2006BoliviaSocial conditions1952-1982BoliviaSocial conditions1982-Political activistsLabor leadersMinersIndigenous peoplesSocial conditions984.052092BMuruchi Poma Feliciano Félix1946-1464433Kohl Benjamin H167362Farthing Linda1464434Muruchi Félix1464435Muruchifndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781258103321From the mines to the streets3674066UNINA