Lines in the Sand
Subtitle: Nationalism and Identity on the Peruvian-Chilean Frontier
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: October 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780826342232
Subjects: American history; Geopolitics; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; c 1900 - c 1914; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Latin America - General; Latin America - South America; Political History; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; History / Latin America; Ethnic Studies - General; Arica (Dept.); Chile; History; Nationalism; Peru; Tacna (Dept.); Tacna-Arica question
Description: "Following the War of the Pacific (1879-1883), Chile and Peru signed the Treaty of Ancon that dealt, in part, with settling a territorial dispute over the provinces of Tacna and Arica along the newly created border between the two countries. The treaty allows Chile to administer the two provinces for a period of ten years, after which a plebiscite would allow the region's inhabitants to determine their own nationality. At the end of the prearranged decade, however, the Chilean and Peruvian governments had failed to conduct the vote that would determine the fate of the people. Over a quarter of a century later, the two countries in 1929 decided simply to divide the area, with Arica becoming part of Chile and Peru reincorporating Tacna." "Against a backdrop of this contested frontier, William Skuban explores the processes of nationalism and national identity formation in the half century that followed the War of the Pacific. Skuban's study highlights the constructed nature of national identity in what became one of the most contentious frontier situations in South American history."--Jacket.