Trials of Nation Making
Subtitle: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 18101910
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 19, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521561716
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Social & cultural anthropology; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; Indians of South America; History; History - General History; Race relations; History: World; Andes; Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Peru; Latin America - General; Latin America - South America; History / Renaissance; Government relations; 19th century; Andes Region; Politics and government
First sentence: It is impossible to tell the story of the struggle to conceive of, and build, modern nation-states in the Andean region without first considering the power of its alpine topography to shape and challenge human endeavors.