Smoldering Ashes - Cuzco and the Creation of Republican Peru, 1780-1840

"An innovative, eloquent, and thoroughly researched study on the political culture of an important Andean region during the transition from colonial to republican order."--Nils Jacobsen, University of Illinois

About the author

Charles F. Walker is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis. He is the editor of Entre la retórica y la insurgencia: Las ideas y los movimientos sociales en los Andes, Siglo XVIII.

Summary

Shows how the Indian peasants played a crucial role in the battle against colonialism and in the political clashes of the early republican period. With its focus on Cuzco, the former capital of the Inca Empire, this book highlights the promises and frustrations of a critical period whose long shadow remains cast on modern Peru.

Product details

• Authors: WALKER, Charles Walker, Charles F Walker, Charles F. Walker
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.1999
• EAN: 9780822322931
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2293-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 594 g
• Series: Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu; Latin America Otherwise
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Peru, Spanien, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Amerikanische Geschichte, Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.), Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus