Rex A. Hudson, ed. Peru: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1992. Acknowledgments Preface History
Pre-Inca Cultures The Incas Pizarro and the Conquistadors Consolidation of Control THE COLONIAL PERIOD
Demographic Collapse The Colonial Economy Colonial Administration The Colonial Church Indigenous Rebellions INDEPENDENCE IMPOSED FROM WITHOUT INSTABILITY AFTER INDEPENDENCE THE GUANO ERA
Consolidation of the State Failed Development WAR WITH CHILE (War of the Pacific) The New Militarism The Aristocratic Republic Impact of World War I The Eleven-Year Rule Impact of the Depression and World War II Rural Stagnation and Social Mobilization Military Reform from Above Return to Democratic Rule Geography The Coastal Region The Andean Highlands High-Altitude Adaptations The Amazonian Tropics The Maritime Region Natural Disasters and Their Impact People, Property, and Farming The Society POPULATION Settlement Patterns Urban, Rural, and Regional Populations Demography of Growth, Migration, and Work Regionalism and Political Divisions CULTURE, CLASS, AND HIERARCHY IN SOCIETY Indigenous Peoples Legacy of Peonage Elites Military Classes Urban Classes FAMILY LIFE COMMUNITY LIFE AND INSTITUTIONS Catholicism and Community Community Leadership Landlords and Peasant Revolts in the Highlands Shining Path and Its Impact EDUCATION Universities HEALTH The Economy History of the Economy Agriculture Fishing Manufacturing Mining and Oil Services Banking Tourism Employment Wages Organized Labor Poverty Income Distribution The Velasco Government The Second Bela�nde Government The Garc�a Government The Fujimori Government Government GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
Constitutional Development The President The Legislature The Judiciary Public Administration Local and Regional Government The Electoral System POLITICAL PARTIES
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance Popular Action The Christian Democrats The Democratic Front The Left Change '90 Nonparty Organizations INTEREST GROUPS
The Military The Church Economic Associations Labor Unions Students News Media POLITICAL TRENDS
Roots of the 1990-91 Crisis The Transition to Democracy The Garc�a Government, 1985-90 The 1990 Campaign and Elections The Fujimori Government FOREIGN RELATIONS Bibliography Cities in Peru: Arequipa, Cusco, Lima
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