The Bolivia Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Paperback

The Bolivia Reader provides a panoramic view, from antiquity to the present, of the history, culture, and politics of a country known for its ethnic and regional diversity, its rich natural resources and dilemmas of economic development, and its political conflict and creativity. Featuring both classic and little-known texts ranging from fiction, memoir, and poetry to government documents, journalism, and political speeches, the volume challenges stereotypes of Bolivia as a backward nation while offering insights into the country's history of mineral extraction, revolution, labor organizing, indigenous peoples' movements, and much more. Whether documenting Inka rule or Spanish conquest, three centuries at the center of Spanish empire, or the turbulent politics and cultural vibrancy of the national period, these sources--the majority of which appear in English for the first time--foreground the voices of actors from many different walks of life. Unprecedented in scope, The Bolivia Reader illustrates the historical depth and contemporary challenges of Bolivia in all their complexity.

About the Author:

Sinclair Thomson is Associate Professor of History at New York University.

Rossana Barrag n is Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands.

Xavier Alb is a Jesuit priest and independent scholar.

Seemin Qayum is an independent scholar.

Mark Goodale is Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Lausanne.