Trials of Nation Making - Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810-1910

Klappentext Brooke Larson's interpretive analysis of the history of Andean peasants reveals the challenges of nation making in the republics of Colombia! Ecuador! Peru! and Bolivia during the volatile nineteenth century. Nowhere in Latin America were postcolonial transitions more turbulent than in the Andes! where communal indigenous roots grew deep and where the "Indian problem" seemed so discouraging to liberalizing states. The analysis raises broader issues about the interplay of liberalism! racism! and ethnicity in the formation of exclusionary "republics without citizens" over the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung This book offers the first interpretive synthesis of the history of Andean peasants and the challenges of nation-making in the four republics of Colombia! Ecuador! Peru! and Bolivia! and raises broader issues about the interplay of liberalism! racism! and ethnicity in the formation of exclusionary 'republics without citizens'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Andean landscapes, real and imagined; 2. Colombia: assimilation or marginalization of the Indians?; 3. Ecuador: modernizing Indian servitude as the road to progress; 4. Peru: war, national sovereignty and the 'Indian problem'; 5. Bolivia: dangerous pacts, insurgent Indians; Conclusion. Postcolonial nation building and the burden of 'race'; Bibliographic essay.

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• Authors: Brooke Larson, Brooke (State University of New York Larson, Larson Brooke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2004
• EAN: 9780521561716
• ISBN: 978-0-521-56171-6
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Peru, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Colombia, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Ecuador, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural anthropology, Bolivia, Andes, General and world history, History of the Americas, Andes mountains