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Agrarian Reform in Theory and Practice

An balanced review of agrarian developments in the Lake Titikaka region of Bolivia. The last chapter, "The Crisis in Campesino Farming at the End of the 20th Century" is particularly relevant. Ashgate, UK; 1999 1-85972-696-8

Aymara Language in its Social and Cultural Context, The

M. J. Hardman (ed) Sections on Aymara language, culture and education are particularly relevant. University of Florida, USA, 1981

Bolivia: Evolution of a Multi-Ethnic Society

Herbert S. Klein Despite extensive searching, I have so far not been able to find a copy of this book. It is always being cited by others. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.

Concise History of Bolivia , A

Herbert S. Klein Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003

From the Fat of our Souls

Libbet Crandon-Malamud Chapter 3, "The Historical Context," is good on the social history of Bolivia. University of California Press, USA, 1991

Great Tin Crash: Bolivia and the World Tin Market

John Crabtree, Gavan Duffy, and Jenny Pearce London, Latin American Bureau, 1987

I Spent My Life in the Mines

"The Story of Juan Rojas, Bolivian Tin Miner" edited by June Nash, Columbia U. Press, 1992. Juan Rojas worked in the mines for decades starting in the 1930s. The author interviewed him and edited the interviews.

Let Me Speak! Testimony of Domitila, a Woman of the Bolivian Mines

Domitila Barrios de Chungara Compiled by Moema Viezzer from interviews with and writings by Barrios de Chungara. Essential reading for anyone wanting to learn about the lives of working class people in Bolivia. Barrios de Chungara was married to a miner and organized committees of miners' wives to fight for better living conditions. This is a detailed first-hand description of her life from childhood until her late 30s. NOTE: Barrios de Chungara wrote a sequel that describes the last half of the 1970s; that is only in Spanish and is called Aquí También, Domitila. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1978.

Valley of the Spirits

Alan Kolata Deals with the pre-Inca civilisation of Tiahuanaco, near Lake Titikaka and the continuing relevance of its agricultural techniques. Wiley, USA, 1996 0-471-57507-0