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Lagos, Maria L.

Autonomy and Power : The Dynamics of Class and Culture in Rural Bolivia / Maria L. Lagos. - Reprint 2016 - 1 online resource (208 p.) - The Ethnohistory Series .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. An Introduction to Tiraque -- 2. The Emergence of a Merchant Class and Landowning Peasants -- 3. Revolution, Agrarian Reform, and the State -- 4. Production, Sharecropping, and Class -- 5. The Accumulation of Wealth and Capital -- 6. The Culture of Power and Politics -- Conclusion: The Paradoxes of Autonomy, Power, and Culture -- Appendix: Bolivian Exchange Rates, 1982–85 -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- Backmatter

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Maria L. Lagos supplies a fine-grained ethnographic and historical analysis of the intersecting dynamics of class and culture in Tiraque, a province in the highlands of Cochabamba, Bolivia.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780812232134 9781512804423

Standard No.: 10.9783/9781512804423 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indians of South America--Land tenure--Bolivia--Tiraque (Cordillera)
Indians of South America--Politics and government.--Bolivia--Tiraque (Cordillera)
Indians of South America--Social conditions.--Bolivia--Tiraque (Cordillera)
Peasants--Bolivia--Tiraque (Cordillera)
Rural poor--Bolivia--Tiraque (Cordillera)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.

LC Class. No.: F3319.1.T56

Dewey Class. No.: 307.7/2/098423