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The Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) guerrilla movement emerged in Peru in the 1980s as the most radical and dogmatic expression of Marxist revolution in the Western Hemisphere. Led by a former philosophy professor at the University of Huamanga in Ayacucho, it developed its militantly orthodox Maoist principles from the mid-196Os onward with a small band of committed supporters, virtually ignored by the outside world. But after more than 20,000 deaths...

"Born in 1921, Manuel Llamojha Mitma became one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. Now Peru Is Mine combines extensive oral history interviews with archival research to chronicle his struggles for indigenous land rights and political inclusion as well as his fight against anti-Indian racism. His compelling story--framed by Jaymie Patricia Heilman's historical contextualization--covers nearly eight decades, from the...

An account of the social experiences at the heart of the war waged between Shining Path and the Peruvian military during the 1980s and early 1990s. The book analyzes the brutal reshaping of life and politics during a war that cost tens of thousands of lives.

Social research study of the political leadership and social structure of Peru - covers historical aspects, the economic structure and economic administration, social movements of the poverty-stricken, strikes of miners and bank employees, nationalist political parties, elections, political problems, the introduction of agrarian reform measures, etc. Map.