Review of Aproximaciones a la historia de Puno y del Altiplano

Traditionally, the historiography of the independence of Peru has focused on the peoples’ desire (or lack thereof) of breaking free from the Spanish crown. Despite recent efforts to transcend dichotomous interpretations, there are still few studies that analyze why the people decided to participate in the war, regardless of the side they took. This article explores their motivation for participating in the war by analyzing the background of the social mobilization prior to the war, as well as the characteristics of guerrilla organization in rural Peru during the war of independence. By focusing on how people lived and experienced the war, this article demonstrates that guerrillas constituted a specific form of popular political participation, which were decisive in the definition of the war because they represented the emergence of autonomous local and regional powers within the vice r...

Traditionally, the historiography of the independence of Peru has focused on the peoples’ desire (or lack thereof) of breaking free from the Spanish crown. Despite recent efforts to transcend dichotomous interpretations, there are still few studies that analyze why the people decided to participate in the war, regardless of the side they took. This article explores their motivation for participating in the war by analyzing the background of the social mobilization prior to the war, as well as the characteristics of guerrilla organization in rural Peru during the war of independence. By focusing on how people lived and experienced the war, this article demonstrates that guerrillas constituted a specific form of popular political participation, which were decisive in the definition of the war because they represented the emergence of autonomous local and regional powers within the vice r...

This article argues that the impact of the Constitution of Cadiz among indigenous communities in the Viceroyalty of Peru was significant. In the context of the imperial crisis of the Spanish crown, indigenous peoples took the tools that the Constitution granted them to increase their level of self-government. Moreover, the changes implemented by the Constitution persisted after its abolition, allowing indigenous peoples to retain a level of self-government otherwise impossible to conceive after Ferdinand VII restored absolutist rule. Their actions demonstrate that the Constitution was a watershed moment in the history of the Viceroyalty because it inaugurated an era of political change with consequences nobody could predict at the time.

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This article argues that the impact of the Constitution of Cadiz among indigenous communities in the Viceroyalty of Peru was significant. In the context of the imperial crisis of the Spanish crown, indigenous peoples took the tools that the Constitution granted them to increase their level of self-government. Moreover, the changes implemented by the Constitution persisted after its abolition, allowing indigenous peoples to retain a level of self-government otherwise impossible to conceive after Ferdinand VII restored absolutist rule. Their actions demonstrate that the Constitution was a watershed moment in the history of the Viceroyalty because it inaugurated an era of political change with consequences nobody could predict at the time.

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This article argues that the impact of the Constitution of Cadiz among indigenous communities in the Viceroyalty of Peru was significant. In the context of the imperial crisis of the Spanish crown, indigenous peoples took the tools that the Constitution granted them to increase their level of self-government. Moreover, the changes implemented by the Constitution persisted after its abolition, allowing indigenous peoples to retain a level of self-government otherwise impossible to conceive after Ferdinand VII restored absolutist rule. Their actions demonstrate that the Constitution was a watershed moment in the history of the Viceroyalty because it inaugurated an era of political change with consequences nobody could predict at the time.

Traditionally, the historiography of the independence of Peru has focused on the peoples’ desire (or lack thereof) of breaking free from the Spanish crown. Despite recent efforts to transcend dichotomous interpretations, there are still few studies that analyze why the people decided to participate in the war, regardless of the side they took. This article explores their motivation for participating in the war by analyzing the background of the social mobilization prior to the war, as well as the characteristics of guerrilla organization in rural Peru during the war of independence. By focusing on how people lived and experienced the war, this article demonstrates that guerrillas constituted a specific form of popular political participation, which were decisive in the definition of the war because they represented the emergence of autonomous local and regional powers within the vice r...