From the mines to the streets : a Bolivian activist's life / Benjamin Kohl and Linda Farthing ; with Félix Muruchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muruchi Poma, Feliciano Félix, 1946-

Contributor:

Kohl, Benjamin H.

Farthing, Linda.

Muruchi, Félix.

Muruchi, Funder.

Series:

William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.

William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muruchi Poma, Feliciano Félix, 1946-.

Muruchi Poma, Feliciano Félix.

Political activists--Bolivia--Biography.

Political activists.

Labor leaders--Bolivia--Biography.

Labor leaders.

Miners--Bolivia--Biography.

Miners.

Indigenous peoples--Bolivia--Social conditions--20th century.

Indigenous peoples.

Bolivia--Politics and government--1952-1982.

Bolivia.

Bolivia--Politics and government--1982-2006.

Bolivia--Social conditions--1952-1982.

Bolivia--Social conditions--1982-.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 233 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the Mines to the Streets draws on the life of Félix Muruchi to depict the greater forces at play in Bolivia and elsewhere in South America during the last half of the twentieth century. It traces Félix from his birth in an indigenous family in 1946, just after the abolition of bonded labor, through the next sixty years of Bolivia's turbulent history. As a teenager, Félix followed his father into the tin mines before serving a compulsory year in the military, during which he witnessed the 1964 coup d'état that plunged the country into eighteen years of military rule. He returned to work in the mines, where he quickly rose to become a union leader. The reward for his activism was imprisonment, torture, and exile. After he came home, he participated actively in the struggles against neoliberal governments, which led in 2006—the year of his sixtieth birthday—to the inauguration of Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president. The authors weave Muruchi's compelling recollections with contextual commentary that elucidates Bolivian history. The combination of an unforgettable life story and in-depth text boxes makes this a gripping, effective account, destined to become a classic sourcebook.

Contents:

pt. 1. Growing up in the fields and the mines

pt. 2. The mines

pt. 3. From exile to exile

pt. 4. Activist in El Alto.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-73475-1

OCLC:

855363518