Mirages of Transition
The Peruvian Altiplano, 1780-1930
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2830799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Fisher (0000-0003-1922-0145, University of Liverpool, corresponding author), Nils Jacobsen |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 382 |
| Publication date | 1996-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2517195 |
| OpenAlex | W4289254280 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
I HAHR I :\fAY Unlike their counterparts in Mexico, contends Peralta RUlz, Peruvian creoles did not develop a nationalism capable of integrating the indigenous population and castas as citizens.By inclination, creoles instead perpetuated colonial-style oppression.Republican Peru was "more racist than the colony" (p.138).Creole attitudes and the provinces' reliance on tribute made liberal capitalism impossible.Peralta RUlz' conclusions are thought-provoking, if not always entirely convincing.He does not clarify the economic dynamics underlying rural society.Somehow indigenous communities flourished, despite the general economic malaise that beset Cuzco after independence.The author also believes that creoles pennitted the abolition of tribute in 1854 because state guano revenues far surpassed it; but tribute still yielded nearly 20 percent of national revenue.The extent to which conditions in Cuzco paralleled those in other parts of Peru also remains uncertain.Cuzco clearly had the largest indigenous population and the highest tribute revenues, but did attitudes toward tribute differ elsewhere?Still, Peralta RUlz' study offers many rewards.Its pages are filled with insights based on a wide familiarity with the historiography of nineteenth-century Peru.The book ambitiously looks for the historical roots of contemporary Peruvian problems
Ancient history · Geography · Transition (genetics) · Chemistry · Historical Studies in Latin America · History · Latin American history and culture
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2020 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |