Covers social life and culture, political practices, economics, and international influence throughout the ages in Peru, from the earliest social groups dating as far back as 500 B.C. to life today in the 21st century.
xxv, 246 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index
Contents:
The three worlds of Peru Empires of the Andes Spanish colonial Peru Independence to the war of the Pacific Aristocrats to populists in Peruvian national affairs, 1895-1930 Populism and dictatorship in depression and war, 1930-1948 Reform to revolution in Peru, 1948-1980 Terror and renewal, 1980-2008 Notable people in the history of Peru
