Crafting the Republic
Subtitle: Lima's Artisans and Nation-Building in Peru, 1821-1879
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: November 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780826333926
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Politics / Current Events; History: American; Careers - Job Almanacs; Political activity; Peru; Latin America - General; General; History / Latin America; Artisans; Societies, etc; Americas (North Central South West Indies); 19th century; History; Lima
Description: "This assessment of social and political mobilization in nineteenth-century Peru focuses on 5,000 Lima artisans, 70 percent of whom were black, Indian, or mestizo. Garcia-Bryce traces the evolution of these guild artisans into class-conscious workers. His discussion gives special attention to how artisans' declining economic success meant not only a loss of income but undercut gains in social status. It is in this interplay of economics and race that Garcia-Bryce's analysis of the origins of class identity is most revealing."--BOOK JACKET.