{"product_id":"the-peculiar-revolution-rethinking-the-peruvian-experiment-under-military-rule-paperback-softback-9781477312124","title":"The Peculiar Revolution; Rethinking the Peruvian Experiment Under Military Rule (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477312124","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Peculiar Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRethinking the Peruvian Experiment Under Military Rule\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarlos Aguirre (Edited by), Paulo Drinot (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477312124, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 May 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e370 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis new edited volume by Aguirre and Pinot, twenty-five years after the last debate about the Velsaco years, is...very welcome...this study brings into view new and hitherto unexplored aspects and also shifts the focus from the national to the regional and the local, certainly a quality of the book.\u003c\/div\u003e (European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies) \u003cdiv\u003eThis is a book that we have long needed on a regime and period in Peru's recent past that has largely faded from popular memory, been erased from official recognition, and gone mostly ignored in recent scholarship...impeccable scholarship and clear, accessible writing.\u003c\/div\u003e (Hispanic American Historical Review) \u003cdiv\u003e[A] rich multidisciplinary symposium.\u003c\/div\u003e (Estudios Interdisciplinarios de America Latina y el Caribe) \u003cdiv\u003eThis is a broad, original and engaging volume which holds important lessons not only for students of Peruvian history or Latin American's military regimes, but also for those interested in radical politics more widely.\u003c\/div\u003e (Radical Americas) \u003cdiv\u003eThis book provides a useful guide to both the classic and more recent literature on [the Peruvian reformist military regime of 1968-75].\u003c\/div\u003e (English Historical Review) \u003cdiv\u003eA worthy addition to one's library on Peru and military regimes.\u003c\/div\u003e (Bulletin of Latin American Research) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Peculiar Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent work that provides a nuanced and detailed study of Velasco's revolution and its legacies...The text offers a valuable and insightful perspective on Velasco's wild experiment that should inform our teaching and consideration of the Cold War well beyond Peru.\u003c\/div\u003e (Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn October 3, 1968, a military junta led by General Juan Velasco Alvarado took over the government of Peru. In striking contrast to the right-wing, pro–United States\/anti-Communist military dictatorships of that era, however, Velasco’s “Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces” set in motion a left-leaning nationalist project aimed at radically transforming Peruvian society by eliminating social injustice, breaking the cycle of foreign domination, redistributing land and wealth, and placing the destiny of Peruvians into their own hands. Although short-lived, the Velasco regime did indeed have a transformative effect on Peru, the meaning and legacy of which are still subjects of intense debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Peculiar Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e revisits this fascinating and idiosyncratic period of Latin American history. The book is organized into three sections that examine the era’s cultural politics, including not just developments directed by the Velasco regime but also those that it engendered but did not necessarily control; its specific policies and key institutions; and the local and regional dimensions of the social reforms it promoted. In a series of innovative chapters written by both prominent and rising historians, this volume illuminates the cultural dimensions of the revolutionary project and its legacies, the impact of structural reforms at the local level (including previously understudied areas of the country such as Piura, Chimbote, and the Amazonia), and the effects of state policies on ordinary citizens and labor and peasant organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction (Carlos Aguirre and Paulo Drinot)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Symbols, Icons, and Contested Memories: Cultural Approaches to the Peruvian Revolution \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Second Liberation? Military Nationalism and the Sesquicentennial Commemoration of Peruvian Independence, 1821–\u003cbr\u003e1971 (Carlos Aguirre)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The General and His Rebel: Juan Velasco Alvarado and the Reinvention of TÚ\u003cbr\u003epac Amaru II (Charles F. Walker)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Who Drove the Revolution’\u003cbr\u003es Hearse? The Funeral of Juan Velasco Alvarado (AdriÁ\u003cbr\u003en Lerner)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Remembering Velasco: Contested Memories of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces (Paulo Drinot)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Teachers, Peasants, Generals: Military Nationalism and Its Agents \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Politicizing Education: The 1972 Reform in Peru (Patricia Oliart)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Through Fire and Blood: The Peruvian Peasant Confederation and the Velasco Regime (Jaymie Patricia Heilman)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Velasco, Nationalist Rhetoric, and Military Culture in Cold War Peru (Lourdes Hurtado)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Velasco and the Military: The Politics of Decline, 1973–\u003cbr\u003e1975 (George Philip)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Decentering the Revolution: Regional Approaches to Velasco’\u003cbr\u003es Peru \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Promoting the Revolution: SINAMOS in Three Different Regions of Peru (Anna Cant)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Watering the Desert, Feeding the Revolution: Velasco’\u003cbr\u003es Influence on Water Law and Agriculture on Peru’\u003cbr\u003es North-Central Coast (Chavimochic) (Mark Carey)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Chimbotazo: The Peruvian Revolution and Labor in Chimbote, 1968–\u003cbr\u003e1973 (Nathan Clarke)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Generals, Hotels, and Hippies: Velasco-Era Tourism Development and Conflict in Cuzco (Mark Rice)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. From Repression to Revolution: Velasquismo in Amazonia, 1968–\u003cbr\u003e1975 (Stefano Varese)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes on the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676611768600,"sku":"9781477312124","price":22.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-peculiar-revolution-rethinking-the-peruvian-experiment-under-military-rule-paperback-softback-9781477312124","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}