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Book Between the Andes and the Amazon

Download or read book Between the Andes and the Amazon written by Anna Babel and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining how people understand themselves and others in the linguistic crossroads of South America--Provided by publisher.

Book Bolivia s Radical Tradition

    Book Details:
  • Author : S. Sándor John
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2009-11-15
  • ISBN : 0816544654
  • Pages : 335 pages

Download or read book Bolivia s Radical Tradition written by S. Sándor John and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."

Book The Andes of Bolivia

Download or read book The Andes of Bolivia written by Alain Mesili and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fire from the Andes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Elizabeth Benner
  • Publisher : UNM Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780826318251
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Fire from the Andes written by Susan Elizabeth Benner and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South American women authors look at the female experience.

Book The Bolivian Andes

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  • Author : Sir William Martin Conway
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1901
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 532 pages

Download or read book The Bolivian Andes written by Sir William Martin Conway and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Across the Andes

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  • Author : Charles Johnson Post
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1912
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book Across the Andes written by Charles Johnson Post and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Social Movements and Radical Populism in the Andes

Download or read book Social Movements and Radical Populism in the Andes written by Jennifer N. Collins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Social Movements and Radical Populism in the Andes: Ecuador and Bolivia in Comparative Perspective, Jennifer N. Collins examines why the new left took the form of radical populism in Ecuador and Bolivia and how social movements were impacted by this development. Using a Laclauian approach, Collins argues that anti-neoliberal social movements provided the groundwork for populist identity formation. This book also offers a nuanced and insightful explanation for the decline of Ecuador's indigenous movement, examining the role of state resurgence in the fragmentation of social movements. Collins’s analysis provides key insights into the life cycles of social movements in the Andes from development to decline.

Book El Alto  Rebel City

Download or read book El Alto Rebel City written by Sian Lazar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-04 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El Alto, Rebel City combines ethnography and political theory to explore the astonishing political power exercised by the indigenous citizens of El Alto, Bolivia in the past decade.

Book Between the Andes and the Amazon

Download or read book Between the Andes and the Amazon written by Anna M. Babel and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why can’t a Quechua speaker wear pants? Anna M. Babel uses this question to open an analysis of language and social structure at the border of eastern and western, highland and lowland Bolivia. Through an exploration of categories such as political affiliation, ethnic identity, style of dress, and history of migration, she describes the ways that people understand themselves and others as Quechua speakers, Spanish speakers, or something in between. Between the Andes and the Amazon is ethnography in storytelling form, a rigorous yet sensitive exploration of how people understand themselves and others as members of social groups through the words and languages they use. Drawing on fifteen years of ethnographic research, Babel offers a close examination of how people produce oppositions, even as they might position themselves “in between” those categories. These oppositions form the raw material of the social system that people accept as “normal” or “the way things are.” Meaning-making happens through language use and language play, Babel explains, and the practice of using Spanish versus Quechua is a claim to an identity or a social position. Babel gives personal perspectives on what it is like to live in this community, focusing on her own experiences and those of her key consultants. Between the Andes and the Amazon opens new ways of thinking about what it means to be a speaker of an indigenous or colonial language—or a mix of both.

Book Music and the Poetics of Production in the Bolivian Andes

Download or read book Music and the Poetics of Production in the Bolivian Andes written by Henry Stobart and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and the Poetics of Production in the Bolivian Andes is a musical ethnography of a Quechua speaking community of northern Potosí, in the Bolivian Andes. Through rich and evocative ethnography, the book delves into the powerful meanings ascribed to sound; charts unfamiliar aesthetic territories; suggests how modernity can contribute to indigeneity; and reveals remarkable musical perspectives on llama husbandry and potato cultivation. As we follow the lives, shifting fortunes and musical year of this, in many ways, fragile community, a seasonally shifting array of musical instruments, genres, dances and tunings are introduced. The book is accompanied by an audio CD, photographs, musical transcriptions and explanatory diagrams.

Book Bolivia  The Andes  a Guide For Climbers

Download or read book Bolivia The Andes a Guide For Climbers written by John Biggar and published by Andes. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Andes - A Guide for Climbers' is the only comprehensive guidebook to the peaks of the Andes. This is the 4th English edition of the only comprehensive climbing guidebook to the peaks of the Andes. It covers many areas not described in any other source. This new edition has expanded coverage of the whole range, with many new photos and route diagrams plus extended coverage of the ski-mountaineering opportunities in the Andes.The book contains details of how to climb all 100 of the major 6000m peaks in the Andes, plus route information for approximately 300 other peaks. There are over 240 route diagrams, 150 additional photos and 80 sketch maps. Because an unforgettable journey starts with a thorough preparation, find out everything you need to know about climbing the Andes in Bolivia in this guide ABOUT THE AUTHOR The author John Biggar is a professional mountaineering instructor based in Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. His first publication was an internal report for the nuclear physics department at Edinburgh University, entitled "Anisotropies in the Sequential Break-up of Li6". Since those days John has done little nuclear physics but has been climbing and ski-mountaineering in the Andes a lot. He has climbed many of the highest peaks, including 19 of the 20 highest, made over 100 ascents of 6000m peaks, plus 180 ascents of Andean 5000m peaks. He has made first ascents of six 6000m peaks and also made the first ski descent of Domuyo, the highest peak in Patagonia. A professional mountaineering instructor, he runs a business which specialises in mountaineering, skiing and ski-mountaineering expeditions to South America.

Book Lands of the Andes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Russell Ybarra
  • Publisher : New York : Coward-McCann
  • Release : 1947
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Lands of the Andes written by Thomas Russell Ybarra and published by New York : Coward-McCann. This book was released on 1947 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes Peru and Bolivia for foreign tourists.

Book Histories of Race and Racism

Download or read book Histories of Race and Racism written by Laura Gotkowitz and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians, anthropologists, and sociologists examine how race and racism have mattered in Andean and Mesoamerican societies from the early colonial era to the present day.

Book The History of Bolivia

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  • Author : Einar Felix Hansen
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2023-09-12
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The History of Bolivia written by Einar Felix Hansen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an enthralling journey through the captivating narrative of Bolivia's history and culture with "The History of Bolivia." In this amazing text-only book, you'll be transported to the heart of the Andes, where ancient civilizations once thrived, colonial legacies unfolded, and modern struggles for recognition and empowerment took shape. Discover the forgotten footprints of early human settlements, immerse yourself in the grandeur of Tiwanaku and Wari civilizations, and unravel the myths and realities of the legendary quest for El Dorado. Traverse the landscapes of colonial Bolivia, from the silver heartbeat of Potosí to the converging identities of mestizaje. Experience the ebbs and flows of Bolivia's journey to independence and witness the unifying vision of Bolívar that sought to unite a nation and beyond. Witness the turbulence of 19th-century political instability and the heart-wrenching loss of the War of the Pacific. Indulge in the flavors of the Andes, the artistry of indigenous crafts and textiles, and the biodiversity of its wildlife. Traverse the world's highest commercial airport, a symbol of Bolivia's ambition to reach new heights. As the pages turn, you'll be swept away by the vibrant stories of Bolivia's cities-La Paz, Sucre, Santa Cruz-and the cultural riches that thrive within. Dive into the intricate fusion of tradition and artistry in indigenous crafts and textiles, and savor the culinary journey through the flavors of the Andes. "The History of Bolivia" offers an immersive experience into the depths of Bolivia's history, art, and heritage, all through a text-only medium. Whether you're an avid history enthusiast, a traveler with an insatiable curiosity, or someone seeking to expand their cultural horizons, this book promises a captivating and insightful exploration that will leave you inspired, informed, and enriched.

Book Andean Folk Knitting

Download or read book Andean Folk Knitting written by Cynthia Gravelle LeCount and published by DOS Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bolivian Andes  A Record Of Climbing   Exploration In The Cordillera Real In The Years 1898 And 1900

Download or read book The Bolivian Andes A Record Of Climbing Exploration In The Cordillera Real In The Years 1898 And 1900 written by Sir William Martin Conway and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Among the Andes of Peru and Bolivia

Download or read book Among the Andes of Peru and Bolivia written by Ephraim George Squier and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: