A concise history of Bolivia / Herbert S. Klein.
"Bolivia is an unusual high-altitude society created by imperial conquests and native adaptations, and it remains today the most Indian of the American republics, yet it fully participates in the world economy. It has also seen the most social and economic mobility of Indian and mestizo populations...
| Uniform Title: | Cambridge concise histories.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011, ©2011.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Cambridge concise histories.
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Geography and pre-Columbian civilization; 2. The creation of a colonial society; 3. Late colonial society: crisis and growth; 4. Revolution and the creation of a nation-state, 1809-1841; 5. The crisis of the state, 1841-1880; 6. The ages of silver and tin, 1880-1932; 7. Disintegration of the established order, 1932-1952; 8. From the national revolution to the cold war, 1952-1982; 9. Creating a multiethnic democracy, 1982-2002; 10. The emergence of a mestizo and indigenous elite, 2002-2010; Bibliographical essay; Political chronology.