Peru: Society and Nationhood in the Andes / Edition 1

by Peter Flindell Klaren

Overview

Peru is a country with a remarkable history---in the earliest times, the Incas managed to found a major civilization here, despite the region's environment, which is one of the harshest in the world. The Spanish colonial rule which followed the conquest exploited basic mineral resources in the area without bringing either stability or wealth to the existing population, and unfortunately, economic depression and civil war have frequently left their pockmarks on Peruvian history ever since. In this book, Klaren explores the country's long history, with particular emphasis on social and economic issues, from pre-Incan times to 1995. Organized chronologically, the text also discusses the major themes of Peru's past, focusing not only on prominent figures, but on the daily lives of ordinary people as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195069280
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/23/1999
Series:	Latin American Histories
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	9.28(w) x 6.15(h) x 0.96(d)

Table of Contents

	List of Maps, Tables, and Charts	ix
	Preface	xi
Chapter 1	Geography and Incas/Pre-Incas	1
Chapter 2	Clash of Empires and Formation of Colonial Society, 1532-1600	31
Chapter 3	Transition and Consolidation of the Colonial Order, 1600-1730	69
Chapter 4	From Imperial Reform to Reluctant Independence, 1730-1824	99
Chapter 5	Republican Utopia and Postindependence Instability, 1824-40	134
Chapter 6	From Rags to Riches: The Age of Guano, 1840-79	158
Chapter 7	War of the Pacific and Reconstruction, 1879-95	183
Chapter 8	The Aristocratic Republic, 1895-1919	203
Chapter 9	Populist Challenge, 1919-45	241
Chapter 10	Democracy and Dictatorship, 1945-63	289
Chapter 11	From Reform to "Revolution from Above," 1963-75	323
Chapter 12	Return to Orthodoxy, Redemocratization, and Populism Redeux, 1975-90	359
Chapter 13	Fujimori, Neoliberalism, and Peru's Progress, 1990-95	399
	Chronology	425
	Tables and Charts	431
	Bibliographical Essay	439
	Index	479