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Author Llamojha Mitma, Manuel, 1921- author.

Title Now Peru is mine : the life and times of a campesino activist / Manuel Llamojha Mitma and Jaymie Patricia Heilman
Published Durham : Duke University Press, [2016]

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Series Narrating native histories
Narrating native histories.
Contents "I'm going to be president of the republic" : the formation of an activist, 1921-1948 -- "I made the hacendados tremble" : defending Jhajhamarka campesinos, 1948-1952 -- "Jail was like my home" : fighting for ConcepciĆ³n, 1952-1961 -- For justice, land, and liberty : national and international leadership, 1961-1968 -- "Everything was division" : political marginalization, 1968-1980 -- A wound that won't heal : political violence, displacement, and loss, 1980-2000 -- Afterword: "You have to stand firm" : the elderly activist, 2000-2015
Summary Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring Indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Llamojha Mitma, Manuel, 1921-
SUBJECT Llamojha Mitma, Manuel, 1921-
Llamojha Mitma, Manuel, 1921- fast
Llamojha Mitma, Manuel 1921-2016 gnd
Subject Political activists -- Peru -- Biography
Ethnic studies.
Indigenous peoples.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
Political activists
Politics and government
Kleinbauer
Aktivismus
SUBJECT Peru -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100231
Subject Peru
Peru
Genre/Form Autobiographies
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Heilman, Jaymie Patricia, author
LC no. 2016022036
ISBN 9780822373759
0822373750