Revolution in the Andes : the age of Túpac Amaru
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Revolution in the Andes : the age of Túpac Amaru
(Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução)
Duke University Press, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-154) and index
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Description
Revolution in the Andes is an in-depth history of the Tupac Amaru insurrection, the largest and most threatening indigenous challenge to Spanish rule in the Andean world after the Conquest. Between 1780 and 1782, insurgent armies were organized throughout the Andean region. Some of the oldest and most populous cities in this region-including Cusco, La Paz, Puno, and Oruro-were besieged, assaulted, or occupied. Huge swaths of the countryside fell under control of the rebel forces. While essentially an indigenous movement, the rebellion sometimes attracted mestizo and Creole support for ousting the Spanish and restoring rule of the Andes to the land's ancestral owners. Sergio Serulnikov chronicles the uprisings and the ensuing war between rebel forces and royalist armies, emphasizing that the insurrection was comprised of several regional movements with varied ideological outlooks, social makeup, leadership structures, and expectations of change.
Table of Contents
Foreword / Charles F. Walker xi
1. The Violence of Facts 1
2. The Violence of Time 5
3. Indian Communities Do Politics 17
4. Rituals of Justice, Acts of Subversion 31
5. The Idea of the Inca 35
6. Cusco under Siege 49
7. "Perverted in These Revolutions" 55
8. The Road of Chuquisaca 65
9. Creole Tupamaristas 73
10. Radicalized Violence in Upper Peru 91
11. The Death of Tupac Amaru 99
12. The Heirs 107
13. "Tomas Tupac-Katari, Inca King" 115
14. War against the Q'aras 121
15. The Battle for La Paz 125
16. The End of an Era 135
17. The Stubbornness of Facts 139
Glossary 143
References 147
Index 155
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