Citizenship and Political Violence in Peru An Andean Town, 1870s-1970s [Paperback]

Exploring how restrictions on citizenship helped create conditions for political violence in Peru, this book recounts the hidden history of how local processes of citizen formation in an Andean town were persistently overruled, thereby perpetuating antagonism toward the state and political centralism in Peru.1. Introduction 2. The Provincial Council in Action: 1870 to 1914 3. Local Democracy and the Radical Challenge: 1870 to 1914 4. Adolfo Vienrich, Tarma's Radical Intellectual: 1867 to 1908 5. The Politics of Folklore: 1900 to 1930 6. Indigenismo and the Second Radical Wave: 1910 to 1930 7. The Promise of APRA: 1930 to 1950 8. Teachers Defy the State: 1950 to 1980 9. Citizenship in Retrospect

'Aiming to historicize the violence of Peru's 1980s and 1990s, Fiona Wilson's solid study provides fresh insights on nineteenth-century participation, the political history of teachers, and twentieth century radicalism. . . (and) draws on an especially rich collection of municipal archive documents, local newspapers and interviews . . . Wilson has produced a thoughtful work that furthers our understanding of the hierarchical origins of Peru's bloody civil war violence.' - Latin American Studies

'An absorbing account of the long-term origins of Peru's Shining Path movement in the region of Tarma. Local visionary Vienrich's suicide in 1908, centralist throttling of municipal and provincial independence, APRA's betrayal, and the sellout to foreign capital all drove radical teachers and 'civilizers' into a dead end. This book is essential reading for all interested in Peru and the origins of modern violence.' - Tristan Platt, Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK

'This fine study of local politics is an excellent tool for discussing citizenship in the Andes. It brings together scholarship on Peru and current debates on politics, culture, and development, combined with patient archive work, l“