​By combining the analysis of 1,298 letters of manumission registered in Lima between 1840 and 1854, and information from numerous cases of litigation and negotiation between masters and slaves, this article questions previous interpretations in the sense that, 1) the abolition of slavery was either something enforced from the outside or a grace from Castilla, and 2) that the slaves had neither the interest on their freedom nor the capacity for challenging the power of their masters. The picture emerging from this study is one of a great pugnacity in the pursue of their freedom, the use of a variety of strategies for achieving their goals, and the evidence that the disintegration of slavery in Peru was, to a great extent, the result of the many forms of slave resistance.

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El presente ensayo intenta definir los perfiles generales que caracterizan a la innovadora e importante corriente historiográfica de la microhistoria italiana. Partiendo de su comparación con la limitada vertiente de la microhistoria mexicana,que es solo un simple nombre nuevo de la vieja historia local, este texto va a indagar también las raíces históricas del contexto de origen de esa perspectiva microhistórica italiana.Además, y a partir también de la comparación con otros enfoques que han utilizado y reivindicado igualmente el acercamiento 'microanalítico'a los problemas que investigan,el ensayo va a concluir explicando la naturaleza esencial y las implicaciones principales del procedimiento metodológico del 'cambio de escala' dentro del análisis histórico

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Este artículo explora las conexiones entre el trabajo profesional como historiador de Alberto Flores Galindo, su papel como intelectual público y la cultura política de izquierda en la que él se formó como miembro de la llamada generación del 68. El artículo muestra que, como partícipe de una forma de hacer política en la cual la palabra impresa desempeñó un papel crucial, Flores Galindo desarrolló una creativa y obsesiva relación con el libro y la cultura impresa,cuya reconstrucción nos ayuda a entender los mecanismos de formación de un intelectual público.---This article explores the connections between the work of Alberto Flores Galindo as a professional historian, his role as a public intellectual, and the leftist political culture in which he was formed as a member of the so-called 1968 generation.The article shows that, as a participant in a style of doing politics ...

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conferencia que revisa la formación, evolución y destino de las bibliotecas privadas de una muestra de intelectuales peruanos durante el siglo XX. Dichas bibliotecas variaron mucho en tamaño y contenido, y su formación y desarrollo estuvieron conectados a

Los esclavos de Lima y la desintegración de la esclavitud, 1821-1854. Este libro busca devolver a los esclavos el protagonismo que tuvieron no sólo sobre sus propias vidas individuales, sino también sobre el destino de la esclavitud en el Perú del siglo XIX.

This article reconstructs the trajectory of Nicomedes Santa Cruz, one of the foremost Afro-Peruvian intellectuals of all times, whose presence in the public scene transcended a purely artistic ambit and extended to the terrain of social and political criticism. Nicomedes Santa Cruz was a public intellectual whose multifaceted work addressed the most pressing themes of his time: he was a critic of racism, imperialism and social inequality; he supported the Cuban Revolution; he committed himself to the reforms of the Juan Velasco Alvarado regime; and he promoted international solidarity. Likewise, he tried to combine a commitment to socialism with a defense of Afro-Peruvian culture and rights.

Open Veins of Latin America, by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, one of the most emblematic books of social thought in Latin America during the second half of the 20th century, was first published in 1971. Before it went into print, Galeano submitted his manuscript that same year to the Casa de las Américas Prize contest in the essay category, but came short of winning. Using as a point of departure the anecdotal fact that a book that would eventually become a classic did not receive the Casa de las Américas Prize, this article reconstructs Cuba’s complex political and cultural environment between 1968 and 1971; the tensions around literary contests promoted by the most important institutions of the Revolution; and, more generally, the debate around the role of Latin American intellectuals in the process of political and social transformation in the 1960s.

This article explores the short but intense history of the word terruco, a colloquial term which is used as a substitute for terrorist. In particular, the article aims to show that the use of terruco as an insult, although originally aimed at members of groups in arms, contributed decisively during the years of the dirty war and even in recent times, to stigmatize sectors of the Peruvian population, including defenders of human rights, relatives of those detained and other victims of political violence, and in general persons of Indian origin. Its frequent use in torture sessions and episodes of sexual assault added an additional dimension to the connection between the term terruco and generalized forms of abuse and violence which were considered by many Peruvians as necessary and even legitimate during the years of internal armed conflict.

Este libro es una recopilación de ensayos en los que se rompen dicotomías analíticas (como centro-periferia, por ejemplo) que impiden ver la ciudad como un todo y enfatiza las conexiones entre procesos históricos y las interrelaciones entre agentes sociales en la urbe. Así, enriquecen nuestra comprensión sobre las formas cambiantes de «ser limeño» e iluminan aspectos poco frecuentados por las ciencias sociales en sus intentos por capturar las experiencias concretas de los habitantes de la ciudad.

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