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It takes the average reader 5 hours and 7 minutes to read Economic Change and Rural Resistance in Southern Bolivia, 1880-1930 by Erick Detlef Langer

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Description

In the late nineteenth century, the disintegration of the silver-mining economy that had survived since the colonial period effected fundamental economic and social changes in southern Bolivia. The changes took three forms: increased conflict between peasants and elites, expanded concentration of land into large estates, and worsened labor conditions among the peasants. This study concentrates on the four provinces in the department of Chuquisaca, using them as case studies of how and why rural peoples adapted to and resisted the changes in their lives. Resistance took many forms: strikes, rebellions, insurrections, court challenges, banditry, and flight. In the reactions to change in these provinces, the author sees certain common characteristics that transcend the region and can be discerned in other parts of Latin America. On the basis of the Chuquisaca experience, he also questions the validity of current theories of peasant resistance and rebellion. The author describes the reactions of the oligarchy based in Sucre, the capital, to the decline of silver as Bolivia's major export, showing how they attempted to regain their preeminent financial and political position by a number of strategies, notably the expansion of the hacienda system. This expansion gave rise to different problems in each of the four provinces: in Yamparaez, fierce resistance by the Indian communities to any changes; in Cinti, violent labor disputes brought on by the creation of enormous agro-industrial estates; in Azero, Indian attempts to escape debt peonage by migrating or by joining Franciscan missions; and in Tomina, widespread banditry. The final chapter compares and contrasts the various forms of rural resistance in the context of their social, economic, and cultural foundations.

How long is Economic Change and Rural Resistance in Southern Bolivia, 1880-1930?

Economic Change and Rural Resistance in Southern Bolivia, 1880-1930 by Erick Detlef Langer is 298 pages long, and a total of 76,884 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

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The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours to read Economic Change and Rural Resistance in Southern Bolivia, 1880-1930 aloud.

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Economic Change and Rural Resistance in Southern Bolivia, 1880-1930 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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