Genocide and Millennialism in Upper Peru: The Great Rebellion of 1780-1782

by Nicholas A. Robins

Book Overview

Exploring one of the least studied genocides in post-conquest South America, Robins calls into question many of the central assumptions currently held by genocide scholars. Victims of genocide usually lack the organization and weaponry to battle their enemies. During the 1780-1782 Great Rebellion in Peru and Upper Peru (now Bolivia), however, the Indian revolutionaries faced the better-organized and armed loyalist army. Whereas genocidal policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B006Z2P02U
• ISBN13: 9780275975692
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"