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Category : Bolivia
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Bolivian studies
Author: When Movements Become Parties
Author: Santiago AnriaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110842757X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Provides a new way of thinking about parties formed by social movements, and their evolution over time.
Introduction to Bolivia
Author: Gilad James, PhDPublisher: Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN: 2998807747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Bolivia, officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a country located in South America. It shares borders with Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, and Argentina. Bolivia's geography is diverse, with the Andes mountain range dominating the western portion of the country and the Amazon rainforest covering most of the east. Bolivia is known for its cultural heritage, which is heavily influenced by the native indigenous population. The official languages are Spanish, Aymara, and Quechua. Bolivia's economy is primarily centered around the natural resources of oil, gas, mining, and agriculture. Despite being ranked as one of the poorest countries in South America, Bolivia has a rich history and culture that continue to thrive today.
The Bolivian Revolution and the United States, 1952 to the Present
Author: James F. SiekmeierPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271037792
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"A study of United States-Bolivian in the post-World War II era. Explores attempts by Bolivian revolutionary leaders to both secure United States assistance and to obtain time and space to develop their policies and plans"--Provided by publisher.
Bolivia
Author: Leticia GómezPublisher: Gareth Stevens
ISBN: 9780836831085
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
An overview of Bolivia that includes information on geography, history, government, language, culture, and relations with North America.
A Concise History of Bolivia
Author: Herbert S. KleinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139497502
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
In its first Spanish edition, Herbert Klein's A Concise History of Bolivia won immediate acceptance within Bolivia as the new standard history of this important nation. Surveying Bolivia's economic, social, cultural and political evolution from the arrival of early man in the Andes to the present, this current version brings the history of this society up to the present day, covering the fundamental changes that have occurred since the National Revolution of 1952 and the return of democracy in 1982. These changes have included the introduction of universal education and the rise of the mestizos and Indian populations to political power for the first time in national history. This second edition brings this story through the first administration of the first self-proclaimed Indian president in national history and the major changes that the government of Evo Morales has introduced in Bolivian society, politics and economics.
Bolivia's Radical Tradition
Author: S. Sándor JohnPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816544654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
In December 2005, following a series of convulsive upheavals that saw the overthrow of two presidents in three years, Bolivian peasant leader Evo Morales became the first Indian president in South American history. Consequently, according to S. Sándor John, Bolivia symbolizes new shifts in Latin America, pushed by radical social movements of the poor, the dispossessed, and indigenous people once crossed off the maps of "official" history. But, as John explains, Bolivian radicalism has a distinctive genealogy that does not fit into ready-made patterns of the Latin American left. According to its author, this book grew out of a desire to answer nagging questions about this unusual place. Why was Bolivia home to the most persistent and heroically combative labor movement in the Western Hemisphere? Why did this movement take root so deeply and so stubbornly? What does the distinctive radical tradition of Trotskyism in Bolivia tell us about the past fifty years there, and what about the explosive developments of more recent years? To answer these questions, John clearly and carefully pieces together a fragmented past to show a part of Latin American radical history that has been overlooked for far too long. Based on years of research in archives and extensive interviews with labor, peasant, and student activists—as well as Chaco War veterans and prominent political figures—the book brings together political, social, and cultural history, linking the origins of Bolivian radicalism to events unfolding today in the country that calls itself "the heart of South America."
The Bolivian Education Reform, 1992-2002
Author: Manuel E. Contreras C.Publisher:
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Category : Education and state
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A Concise History of Bolivia
Author: Herbert S. KleinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002943
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In its first Spanish edition, Herbert Klein's A Concise History of Bolivia won immediate acceptance within Bolivia as the new standard history of this important nation. Surveying Bolivia's economic, social, cultural, and political evolution from the arrival of early man in the Andes to the present, this current version brings the history of this society up to the present day, covering the fundamental changes which have occurred since the National Revolution of 1952 and the return of democracy in 1982. These changes have included the introduction of universal education and the rise of the mestizos and Indian populations to political power for the first time in national history. Containing an updated bibliography, A Concise History of Bolivia remains an essential text for courses in Latin American history and politics.
Indigenous Struggle and the Bolivian National Revolution
Author: James KohlPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000210057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Indigenous Struggle and the Bolivian National Revolution: Land and Liberty! reinterprets the genesis and contours of the Bolivian National Revolution from an indigenous perspective. In a critical revision of conventional works, the author reappraises and reconfigures the tortuous history of insurrection and revolution, counterrevolution and resurrection, and overthrow and aftermath in Bolivia. Underlying the history of creole conflict between dictatorship and democracy lies another conflict – the unrelenting 500-year struggle of the conquered indigenous peoples to reclaim usurped lands, resist white supremacist dominion, and seize autonomous political agency. The book utilizes a wide array of sources, including interviews and documents to illuminate the thoughts, beliefs, and objectives of an extraordinary cast of indigenous revolutionaries, giving readers a firsthand look at the struggles of the subaltern majority against creole elites and Anglo-American hegemons in South America’s most impoverished nation. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of modern Latin American history, peasant movements, the history of U.S. foreign relations, revolutions, counterrevolutions, and revolutionary warfare.