The Five Hundred Year Rebellion Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia

$18.00 Quantity   ADD TO CART     Publisher: AK PressFormat: BookBinding: pbPages: 220Released: May 14, 2019ISBN-13: 9781849353465 RELATED PRODUCTS The Five Hundred Year Rebellion E-Book $9.00 $18.00 After centuries of colonial domination and a twentieth century riddled with dictatorships, indigenous peoples in Bolivia embarked upon a social and political struggle that would change the country forever. As part of that project activists took control of their own history, starting in the 1960s by reaching back to oral traditions and then forward to new forms of print and broadcast media. This book tells the fascinating story of how indigenous Bolivians  recovered  and popularized  histories of past rebellions, political models, and leaders, using them to build movements for rights, land, autonomy, and political power. Drawing from rich archival sources and the author’s lively interviews with indigenous leaders and activist-historians, The Five Hundre