Modern Peru : a new history / Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drinot, Paulo, editor.

Vergara, Alberto, editor.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peru--History.

Peru.

Peru--Politics and government.

Peru--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 346 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"The essays gathered in Modern Peru provide an up-to-date account of the history of Peru, beginning with the late colonial period and stretching up to the present moment. The essays develop a chronological account of the economic and political development of the nation since its independence from Spain. While each author contends with a specific period of this history, and the problems and events unfolding therein, the collection coheres around a unifying question: how has Peru dealt with what the editors, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara, call "the curse of freedom" and the many challenges that its independent or postcolonial history has produced? The political narrative that unfolds reveals the history of Peru to be of a Sisyphean nature in which successive national projects are rolled out and struggle to provide sovereign stability for the country. Yet the Sisyphus metaphor conveys not only the recurring national struggle to achieve political freedom but opens space for optimism and action"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Such a Complex Destiny": Peru and the Difficult Transition from Colony to Republic, 1780-1840 / Charles Walker

How Illusory Was Prosperity? The Rise and Fall of the Guano State in Peru

1840-1880 / Natalia Sobrevilla Perea

"We Want a Republic!" The Struggle for a Technical State 1879-1919 / José Luis Rénique, translated by Inés Rénique

Fictitious Progress? Mass Politics and "Integration" in Peru 1919-1968 / Paulo Drinot

From the Baseless Triangle to the Realm of Anti-Politics: Political Inclusion, Articulation, and Mobilization in Peru 1968-1994 / Eduardo Dargent Bocanegra

Shut Up and Shop! Representation and Governance in Contemporary Peru / Alberto Vergara

Peru, the First Two Centuries: Challenges, Failures, and Achievements in Comparative Perspective / Cynthia McClintock.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Modern Peru.

ISBN:

9781478061380

1478061383

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.