Bolivia Reader

Sinclair Thomson is Associate Professor of History at New York University.Rossana BarragÁn is Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands.Xavier AlbÓ is a Jesuit priest and independent scholar.Seemin Qayum is an independent scholar.Mark Goodale is Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Lausanne.

• Acknowledgments  xixIntroduction  1I. First Peoples and the Making of Andean and Amazonian Space  13II. States and Conquests in the Andes  45III. The Rich Mountain  71IV. From Indian Insurgency to Creole Independence  115V. Market Circuits and Enclave Extraction  161VI. The Nation and Political Fragmentation  207VII. The Nationalization of Natural Resources  257VIII. Revolutionary Currents  323IX. Dictatorship and Democracy  407X. Neoliberalism and Lowland Ascendency  503XI. Competing Projects for the Future  541XII. Pachakuti?  623Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing  679Acknowledgment of Copyright and Sources  687Index  699

“English-speaking audiences now have a rich resource for in-depth study of Bolivia. It is the perfect book for courses on Andean history and Latin America, as well as hemispheric courses on power, culture, politics, and economy in the Americas. Overall, this book is indispensable for university and college libraries. To put it simply, there is no comparable volume.”- Jane Mangan (The Americas) “The field of Bolivian studies has expanded rapidly in the past two decades. . . . Yet, until now, no single book had offered a compelling and comprehensive overview of the forces that have shaped the country into the twenty-first century. The Bolivia Reader performs this difficult task splendidly.”- Kevin A. Young (The Historian)