Description
Book SynopsisCovering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics,
The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru’s capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the “City of Kings.”
Trade Review"A much-needed overview of the creation of this most important coastal city of the Andes.
The Lima Reader presents a series of unpublished or not previously translated primary sources and excerpted literature that reveal the multiplicity of forces that converged to shape this contemporary metropolis. . . . An indispensable resource for the classroom and the road.
The Lima Reader could greatly benefit the undergraduate survey class, provide critical information for the upper-level seminar, and be of assistance for the seasoned traveler seeking something much deeper than a generic tour guide." -- Javier Puente * Journal of Global South Studies *
"Brings together an extraordinarily rich array of original sources. . . . The editors succeed admirably in selecting the best passages (and photographs) that can be found to represent the rich material and cultural tapestry that unfolds in the City of the Kings over the centuries." -- Peter Klarén * Latin American Research Review *
"A welcome addition to Duke University Press’s by now well-established and well-regarded Latin American Readers series . . . The editors manage to transmit in periodized, chronological order and kaleidoscopic detail, the city’s beguiling complexity and mystique. . . . An excellent introduction to the city." -- Barry Cannon * Bulletin of Latin American Research *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
I. Pre-Hispanic, Conquest, and Early Colonial Lima 7
II. Bourbon Lima 37
III. From Independence to the War of the Pacific (1821–1883) 67
IV. Modernizing Lima (1895–1940) 101
V. Interlude: Nostalgia and Its Discontents 143
VI. The Many Limas (1940–) 161
Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing 257
Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 263
Index 269
