Mirages of Transition: The Peruvian Altiplano, 1780-1930

by Nils Jacobsen

Book Overview

This case study of the Peruvian altiplano, the vast high-altitude plains surrounding Lake Titicaca, combines economic and social analysis with cultural and institutional history. Nils Jacobsen challenges the prevailing view that the rural Andes underwent a successful transition to capitalism between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He argues that although the political, economic, and administrative structures of colonialism were gradually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520082915
• ISBN13: 9780520082915
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"