Peasant Wars in Bolivia: Making, Thinking, and Living the Revolution in Cochabamba, 1952-64

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dc.contributor.authorGordillo, José
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-13T21:41:12Z
dc.date.available2022-07-13T21:41:12Z
dc.date.copyright2022
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.description.abstractPeasant Wars in Bolivia reveals the active political role played by the Cochabamba valley peasants during the 1952-64 revolutionary period in Bolivia from a non-state perspective. Based on contemporary research in social, political, and cultural issues in Latin America it blends sociological and anthropological methods to go beyond recognized contexts of central power and emphasize the revolutionary experience of the peasants themselves. Drawing on archival research, newspapers, interviews, and a wealth of secondary sources, the book argues that the Cochabamba valley mestizo population of rural workers forged their own collective “campesino” identity alongside their revolutionary struggles against regional elites and the state. This newly created identity allowed the campesinos entry into the Bolivian national political arena as dynamic actors, transformed their subjectivities, and changed the existing political culture of Bolivia. It goes on to analyze the historical status of the revolution and the role of the mestizo peasantry within it in the context of academic and political debates of the first two decades of the twenty-first century. Crossing established borders between history, anthropology, and sociology, Peasant Wars in Bolivia is a fascinating, interdisciplinary exploration of the revolutionary campesinos of the Cochabamba valley, of Bolivia’s nationalist revolution, and of the ways it has been interpreted and understood within Bolivian politics and culture.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGordillo, J. (2022). Peasant Wars in Bolivia: Making, Thinking, and Living the Revolution in Cochabamba, 1952-64. University of Calgary Press.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-77385-398-7
dc.identifier.issn1925-9638
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114835
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39902
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgary Pressen_US
dc.publisher.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://press.ucalgary.ca/en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLatin American & Caribbean Studies, 17en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectRevolutionen_US
dc.subjectBoliviaen_US
dc.subjectMestizoen_US
dc.subjectAnthropologyen_US
dc.subjectSociologyen_US
dc.titlePeasant Wars in Bolivia: Making, Thinking, and Living the Revolution in Cochabamba, 1952-64en_US
dc.typebooken_US
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