Lines in the Sand: Nationalism and Identity on the Peruvian-Chilean Frontier

by William E. Skuban

Following the War of the Pacific (1879-1883), Chile and Peru signed the Treaty of Anc n (1884) that, in part, dealt with settling a territorial dispute over the provinces of Tacna and Arica along the countries' new common border. The treaty allowed Chile to administer the two provinces for a period of ten years, after which a plebiscite would allow the region's inhabitants to determine their own nationality. At the end of the prearranged decade, however,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082634223X
• ISBN13: 9780826342232
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"