Table of Contents

1. Geography and pre-Columbian civilization; 2. The creation of a colonial society; 3. Late colonial society: crisis and growth; 4. Revolution and the creation of a nation-state, 1809–1841; 5. The crisis of the state, 1841–1880; 6. The ages of silver and tin, 1880–1932; 7. Disintegration of the established order, 1932–1952; 8. From the national revolution to the cold war, 1952–1982; 9. Creating a multiethnic democracy, 1982–2002; 10. The emergence of a mestizo and indigenous elite, 2002–2010; Bibliographical essay; Political chronology.

Promotional Information

This new edition brings the history of Bolivian society up to the present day.

About the Author

Herbert S. Klein is the author of 22 books and 163 articles in several languages on Latin America and comparative themes in social and economic history. Among these books are The Atlantic Slave Trade, 2nd edition (2010) and four studies of slavery, the most recent of which are Slavery and the Economy of São Paulo, 1750–1850 (co-author, 2003), African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean (co-author, 2008) and Slavery in Brazil (co-author, 2009), as well as four books on Bolivian history. He has also published books on such diverse themes as The American Finances of the Spanish Empire, 1680–1809 (1998), A Population History of the United States (2004) and Hispanics in the United States Since 1980 (co-author, 2010).