The peculiar revolution : rethinking the Peruvian experiment under military rule /

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On October 3, 1968, a military junta led by General Juan Velasco Alvarado took over the government of Peru. In striking contrast to the right-wing, pro--United States/anti-Communist military dictatorships of that era, however, Velasco's'Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces'set...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Aguirre, Carlos, 1958- (Editor), Drinot, Paulo (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Since 1900
Military government > Peru > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America
Armed Forces > Political activity.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Military government.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Peru > Politics and government > 1968-1980.
Peru > Economic conditions > 1968-
Peru > Economic policy.
Peru > Social conditions > 1968-
Peru > Armed Forces > Political activity.
Pérou > Politique et gouvernement > 1968-1980.
Pérou > Conditions économiques > 1968-
Pérou > Conditions sociales > 1968-
Peru.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The second liberation? Military nationalism and the sesquicentennial commemoration of Peruvian independence, 1821-1971 / Carlos Aguirre
  • The general and his rebel: Juan Velasco Alvarado and the reinvention of Túpac Amaru II / Charles F. Walker
  • Who drove the revolution's hearse? The funeral of Juan Velasco Alvarado / Adrián Lerner
  • Remembering Velasco: contested memories of the revolutionary government of the armed forces / Paulo Drinot
  • Politicizing education: the 1972 reform in Peru / Patricia Oliart
  • Through fire and blood: the Peruvian peasant confederation and the Velasco regime / Jaymie Patricia Heilman
  • Velasco, nationalist rhetoric, and military culture in Cold War Peru / Lourdes Hurtado
  • Velasco and the military: the politics of decline, 1973-1975 / George Philip
  • Promoting the revolution: SINAMOS in three different regions of Peru / Anna Cant
  • Watering the desert, feeding the revolution: Velasco's influence of water law and agriculture on Peru's north-central coast (Chavimochic) / Mark Carey
  • Chimbotazo: the Peruvian revolution and labor in Chimbote, 1968-1973 / Nathan Clarke
  • Generals, hotels, and hippies: Velasco-era tourism development and conflict in Cuzco / Mark Rice
  • From repression to revolution: Velasquismo in Amazonia, 1968-1975 / Stefano Varese.

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