Robert L Smale
Biographic Data
| ID | 713840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert L Smale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert L |
| FAMILY NAME | Smale |
| SIGNATURE | SMALE R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Blood of the earth
From Development to Dictatorship
In the 1960s, Bolivia received more per capita development aid than any other Latin American nation; the country quickly won generous inclusion in John F. Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress. Yet in late 1964, Bolivia’s powerful civilian president, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, fell in a military coup to his vice president, General René Barrientos. How did development so quickly devolve into dictatorship? Answering that question is the central focus of Thom…
Intimate Indigeneities
Anthropologist Andrew Canessa has worked in the same Bolivian Aymara village since 1989, visiting annually for over two decades. This long-term familiarity has allowed him to penetrate the most private zones of community and family. In exploring what being indigenous means to indigenous people, Canessa focuses on the domestic and personal rather than public performances such as marches and elections. The village of Wila Kjarka (Canessa’s pseudony…
A History of Organized Labor in Bolivia
Robert J. Alexander’s history of organized labor in Bolivia is an unintentionally timely text; the book reminds readers of the central role played by the working class in twentieth-century Bolivia. Many contemporary scholars of Andean history, influenced by ideological trends originating in a new Indian nationalism, have preferred to focus on other socioeconomic groups, eschewing class-driven narratives that place the Bolivian working class at th…
A History of Organized Labor in Bolivia
Robert J. Alexander’s history of organized labor in Bolivia is an unintentionally timely text; the book reminds readers of the central role played by the working class in twentieth-century Bolivia. Many contemporary scholars of Andean history, influenced by ideological trends originating in a new Indian nationalism, have preferred to focus on other socioeconomic groups, eschewing class-driven narratives that place the Bolivian working class at th…
Intimate Indigeneities
Anthropologist Andrew Canessa has worked in the same Bolivian Aymara village since 1989, visiting annually for over two decades. This long-term familiarity has allowed him to penetrate the most private zones of community and family. In exploring what being indigenous means to indigenous people, Canessa focuses on the domestic and personal rather than public performances such as marches and elections. The village of Wila Kjarka (Canessa’s pseudony…
From Development to Dictatorship
In the 1960s, Bolivia received more per capita development aid than any other Latin American nation; the country quickly won generous inclusion in John F. Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress. Yet in late 1964, Bolivia’s powerful civilian president, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, fell in a military coup to his vice president, General René Barrientos. How did development so quickly devolve into dictatorship? Answering that question is the central focus of Thom…
Blood of the earth
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (3 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)