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OverviewFrom the Mines to the Streets draws on the life of Felix Muruchi to depict the greater forces at play in Bolivia and elsewhere in South America during the last half of the twentieth century. It traces Felix from his birth in an indigenous family in 1946, just after the abolition of bonded labor, through the next sixty years of Bolivia's turbulent history. As a teenager, Felix followed his father into the tin mines before serving a compulsory year in the military, during which he witnessed the 1964 coup d'etat that plunged the country into eighteen years of military rule. He returned to work in the mines, where he quickly rose to become a union leader. The reward for his activism was imprisonment, torture, and exile. After he came home, he participated actively in the struggles against neoliberal governments, which led in 2006-the year of his sixtieth birthday-to the inauguration of Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president. The authors weave Muruchi's compelling recollections with contextual commentary that elucidates Bolivian history. The combination of an unforgettable life story and in-depth text boxes makes this a gripping, effective account, destined to become a classic sourcebook. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Benjamin H. Kohl , Linda C. Farthing , Félix MuruchiPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780292723962ISBN 10: 0292723962 Pages: 271 Publication Date: 01 April 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of Contents* List of Acronyms * Preface and Acknowledgments * Introduction: Tiwanaku, January 21, 2006 * Introduction to Bolivia * Part One: Growing Up in the Fields and the Mines * Chapter 1: Rural Life * Chapter 2: Moving to the Mines * Chapter 3: The Army * Part Two: The Mines * Introduction to Part Two: Life in the Nationalized Mines * Chapter 4: Joining the State Company * Chapter 5: Union Activist * Chapter 6: Bolivia under Banzer * Part Three: From Exile to Exile * Chapter 7: Exile in Chile: A Guest of Pinochet * Chapter 8: Exile in Holland * Chapter 9: Return Home * Chapter 10: Garcia Meza Coup: Back to Holland * Part Four: Activist in El Alto * Introduction to Part Four: El Alto * Chapter 11: Life in El Alto * Chapter 12: Politics in El Alto * Appendix: Bibliographic Sources and Information on Bolivia * Glossary * Bibliography * IndexReviewsThis book should be used by a casual reader to grasp a deeper understanding of the challenges of political activism in a developing country or a broader understanding of Bolivian politics and development. Advanced readers will find this to be a useful cases study to understand how profoundly political systems can affect individual life.--Jason Eichorst, Rice University Bulletin of Latin American Research (07/01/2013) """This book should be used by a casual reader to grasp a deeper understanding of the challenges of political activism in a developing country or a broader understanding of Bolivian politics and development. Advanced readers will find this to be a useful cases study to understand how profoundly political systems can affect individual life."" Bulletin of Latin American Research ""Benjamin Kohl and Linda Farthing have ... registered a singular achievement in providing a new, fresh, and eminently readable book that simultaneously adds to and expands the genre."" Journal of Latin American Studies" Author InformationBENJAMIN KOHL is Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. He also coauthored Impasse in Bolivia: Neoliberal Hegemony and Social Resistance with Linda Farthing. LINDA C. FARTHING has written and edited curriculum materials, books, and articles on Latin America and Nepal; field-produced documentary films in Colombia and Bolivia; and directed college semester-abroad programs. FELIX MURUCHI continues to be socially and politically active. He is co-author of Ponchos Rojos and Minero con Poder de Dinamita. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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