La Paz's Colonial Specters: Urbanization, Migra. Sierra**

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Explore the vibrant activism of urban inhabitants during Bolivia's 1952 National Revolution with "La Paz's Colonial Specters". This original study by Luis Sierra delves into the lives of Aymara-speaking indigenous people who significantly transformed the urban landscape and political participation in La Paz between 1900 and 1952. Discover how these urban residents navigated racial discrimination and marginalization, even while supporting the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR). This book offers a fresh perspective on Bolivia's racial categories and challenges the perceived divide between urban and rural activism. Drawing on extensive historiography, "La Paz's Colonial Specters" highlights the crucial role of neighborhoods in urbanization and analyzes how race, gender, and class influenced migrants' interactions. It questions the elite and state labeling of this multi-class, multi-ethnic group as "un-modern" indigenous people. Ideal for scholars, researchers, and students of Latin American history, urban history, activism, and ethnic conflict, this study illuminates the urban development of La Paz and its enduring racial and political divides in the first half of the 20th century. Summary: A historical study of indigenous political participation and urbanization in La Paz, Bolivia, from 1900-1952, authored by Luis Sierra. Features hardcover binding and English language.