Concise History of Bolivia

Herbert S. Klein is Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, the former director of the Center of Latin American Studies and Professor of History, Stanford University and is currently Research Fellow and Latin American Curator at the Hoover Archives. Specializing in the social, demographic, and economic history of Latin America, he has published over 30 books and 189 articles in several languages. Among these books are four comparative studies of slavery, as well as several on Bolivia, including Parties and Political Change in Bolivia, 1880–1952, and Haciendas and Ayllus.

• 1. Geography and pre-Colombian civilization; 2. The creation of a colonial society; 3. Late colonial society: Crisis and growth; 4. Revolution and the creation of a nation-state, 1809–1841; 5. The crisis of the state, 1841–1880; 6. The ages of silver and tin, 1880–1932; 7. Disintegration of the established order, 1932–1952; 8. From the national revolution to the Cold War, 1952–1982; 9. Creating a multiethnic democracy, 1982–2002; 10. The emergence of a mestizo and indigenous elite; Political chronology; Tables; Bibliography; Index.

‘This book remains the standard. It incorporates social and economic as well as political history. The book is up to date, to the 2020 elections, with a new analysis of the Evo Morales period. If you want to know about the history of Bolivia, this is the book to read.’ Erick Langer, Georgetown University