From the mines to the streets [[electronic resource] ] : a Bolivian activist's life / / Benjamin Kohl and Linda Farthing ; with Félix Muruchi

• Autore: Muruchi Poma Feliciano Félix <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxvii, 233 p
• Disciplina: 984.052092; B
• Soggetto topico: Political activists - Bolivia; Labor leaders - Bolivia; Miners - Bolivia; Indigenous peoples - Bolivia - Social conditions - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Bolivia Politics and government 1952-1982; Bolivia Politics and government 1982-2006; Bolivia Social conditions 1952-1982; Bolivia Social conditions 1982-
• Altri autori: KohlBenjamin H FarthingLinda MuruchiFélix
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: From the mines to the streets
• ISBN: 0-292-73475-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827190403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.