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This study of Peru's transformation from a tottering colonial economy based on extraction of precious bullion to a massive exporter of bulk goods like guano shows how a struggle between protectionists and free traders shaped the state. This is an elegant and sophisticated book that can be read on many levels, written by an author who never takes t

Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*PREFACE, pg. vii*CHAPTER 1. Introduction: From Nationalist Elites to a Liberal, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. Beleaguered Liberals, pg. 18*CHAPTER 3. The Protection of Elites, pg. 34*CHAPTER 4. Nationalist Caudillo Politics and Liberal State-Building, pg. 68*CHAPTER 5. Fiscal Politics: From National to Liberal Finance, pg. 100*CHAPTER 6. Conclusions: Nationalism, Dependency, and the Peruvian Nation-State, pg. 138*STATISTICAL APPENDIXES, pg. 159*NOTES, pg. 175*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 211*INDEX, pg. 227

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691607856
      978-0691607856
      ISBN-10 0691607850
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study of Peru's transformation from a tottering colonial economy based on extraction of precious bullion to a massive exporter of bulk goods like guano shows how a struggle between protectionists and free traders shaped the state. This is an elegant and sophisticated book that can be read on many levels, written by an author who never takes t

      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*PREFACE, pg. vii*CHAPTER 1. Introduction: From Nationalist Elites to a Liberal, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. Beleaguered Liberals, pg. 18*CHAPTER 3. The Protection of Elites, pg. 34*CHAPTER 4. Nationalist Caudillo Politics and Liberal State-Building, pg. 68*CHAPTER 5. Fiscal Politics: From National to Liberal Finance, pg. 100*CHAPTER 6. Conclusions: Nationalism, Dependency, and the Peruvian Nation-State, pg. 138*STATISTICAL APPENDIXES, pg. 159*NOTES, pg. 175*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 211*INDEX, pg. 227

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