A revolution for our rights : indigenous struggles for land and justice in Bolivia, 1880-1952

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Gotkowitz provides a re-assessment of the cause of Bolivia's 1952 revolution, arguing that the revolution roots are to be found in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through the country during the first half of the 20th century, as opposed to class-based movements in the 1930s, such as the mineworker unions. Illustrations ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 11. The Peculiar Paths of the Liberal Project 172. Indigenista Statecraft and the Rise of the Caciques Apoderados 433. "In Our Provinces There Is No Justice": Caciques Apoderados and the Crisis of the Liberal Project 694. The Problem of National Unity: From the Chaco War to the 1938 Constitutional Convention 1015. The Unruly Countryside: Defending Land, Labor Rights, and Autonomy 1316. The Unwilling City: Villarroel Populism and the Politics of Mestizaje 1647. "The Disgrace of the Pongo and the Mitani": The 1945 Indigenous Congress and a Law against Servitude 1928. "Under the Dominion of the Indian": The 1947 Cycle of Unrest 233Conclusion and Epilogue: Rethinking the Rural Roots of the 1952 Revolution 268Notes 291Bibliography 359Index 385