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For
extensive
links to the history of Peru in the 20th century go to
the casahistoria Peru 2 site
 casahistoria:
Latin America visit the
casahistoria general Latin American page for many more background sites.
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 Simply - Peru, a
history. Tongue in cheek "dummy's" guide to history of Peru (after a
theme by the sixteenth century Inca-Spaniard Puma de Ayala) from the new
internationalist. Published 1989 but still amusing - and a worthwhile
place to start! -
Timeline and
Profile
of Peru.
Both clearly presented by the BBC.
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The Peruvians - An exhibition of photographs by
Peruvian Photographers. Click on any of
the thumbnail images on this page to see the photos in a humanities
exhibition featuring the work of 17 Peruvian photographers was curated
by Fernando Castro, organized by William P. Wright, and made available
by the Texas Humanities Resource Center
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History
of Peruvian Photography
Links and original
material on the history of Peruvian photography, 1850-1950. Includes a
collection of antique Peruvian postcards.Links to other sites about the
history of the Latin America photography
- Fototeca Andina
20,000 images of Peru from the archives of the Cabrera brothers, Miguel
Chani, José Gabriel González, César Meza Salazar and Fidel Mora
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Archivo Fotografico Courret Searchable archive of Eugenio Courret's
photographs of Peru taken between 1863-1935.
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PeruLinks
Excellent set of annotated links to all aspects of Peruvian culture and
life. In English and Spanish
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Historia del Perú
Peruvian educational website, educared. Basic accounts well presented of
key phases of pre 20th century Peruvian history (why no 20th?).
Illustrated. Easily google translated. Main sections:
For current developments to the
national history themes:
- Yahoo Peru news
excellent resource for current news items (in English) on Peru
- Lanic Newsroom:
Texas Univ site for links to the recent news themes on Latin America in
general
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Peru Amnesty international report on Peru
(2008). Link to all Amnesty
news on Peru.
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Survival report on the indigenous peoples of Peru. See also:
All
the site images are from the excellent
"The Peruvians" site.
Presented by
Texas Council for the Humanities Resource Centre.
Click on any thumbnail
for larger image.
casahistoria
home
visit
caféhistoria
for updates and current topic news
2. Colonial Peru:
Conquest
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 Peru
Country Study: Introductory series of concise articles, from US
Library of Congress. Good place to start for an overview in English. Links
to key sections:
Conquest
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 History
of the Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott
A Gutenberg Project
e-book. You can read the text following the links in this page, or you can
also download it in zip format (compressed). The book is based mostly from
documents the author collected in Spain. Most of them comes from the Royal
Academy of History at Madrid. The richest portion of this collection are
papers furnished by Munoz, an eminent scholar employed by nearly fifty
years amassing materials for the history of the Spanish discovery and
conquest of America.
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Versión Peruana de la Conquista
The Peruvian Version of the Conquest.
With a
personal, patriotic conviction, Edmundo Guillén Guillén rebuilds the final
chapters of the history of the Tawantisuyo (Incan Empire) using authentic
historical documents from the XVI and XVII centuries. The site talks about
a heroic resistance against the Spanish conquistadors. It emphasizes the
failed Reconquest War directed under the leadership of Manco Capac, the
Resistance of Vilcabamba, and the holocaust of Tupac Amaru. Bibliography,
documents, maps and images.
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Tupac Amaru
The Life, Times, and Execution of the Last
Inca. Well presented and detailed, with good bibliography of sources. 1998
by James Q. Jacobs.
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  Dead
Bones Dancing: The Taki Onqoy, Archaism, and Crisis In Sixteenth Century
Peru
by Sändra Lee Allen Henson. Hefty (101 pages) thesis looking at
aspects of the native reaction to the conquest.
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Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Bio from mundoandino Born of Spanish aristocratic and
royal Inca roots, he was the son of a Spanish conquistador and Inca
princess, granddaughter (nof the powerful Inca Huayna Capac. Click
here for a comprehensive of links in
Spanish to Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
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The
Imperial city of Cuzco by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Translated by Dr. Dick Gerdes. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Excerpt
describes the Incas’ imperial city of Cuzco.
A New
Chronicle Nueva corónica y buen gobierno
Several decades
after the fall of the Inca empire, a native Andean from the area of
Huamanga in the southern Peruvian Andes wrote to king Philip III of
Spain. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's aim was to seek the reform of
Spanish colonial governance in order to save the Andean peoples from the
destructive forces of colonial exploitation, disease, and miscegenation.
Finding his most persuasive medium to be the visual image, he composed
398 full-page drawings which are an integral part of his 1200-page
Nueva corónica y buen gobierno. This
is a facsimile of the copy that ended up in the Royal Danish library!
casahistoria
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3. Colonial Society
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 Peru
Country Study: Introductory series of concise articles, from US
Library of Congress. Good place to start for an overview in English. Links
to key sections:
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Colonial Lima
From Colonial Lima, Peru by Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa, A Voyage to
South America (1748).
In The Historical Text Archive
UNESCO
World heritage Site information: Images, brief outline, maps, details of
current condition. Often with links to other useful links - remember to
look in any report pdf indicated on the page. These have valuable
background details.
Huancavelica and Almaden
Dr. Kris Lang presents photos of Huancavelica and Almaden, Peru. Intended
to accompany a series of lectures, but of general value. Click on the
thumbnails.
The Marvel and
Measure of Peru: Three Centuries of Visual History, 1550-1880 Online
site to accompany the Getty exhibition of how Peru was portrayed to
Europeans through art until the era of photographs.
De
las antiguas gentes del Peru ("About the ancient people of Peru")
Online book. This is
the
complete book at Miguel Cervantes Virtual Library.
Prado Tellos Expedient: Legal actions
Documents: In
November of 1991, Monsignor Elías Prado Tello and Alfredo Prado Prado
published a document that had been in their family’s possession since the
end of the nineteenth century. The document concerns legal land
transactions in the rural area of Huamanga (today Ayacucho) in the first
decades of the colonial era. The period covered extends from the second
half of the sixteenth century to approximately 1640.
The
Inquisition in 17th-Century Peru: Cases of Portuguese Judaizers
by Henry C Lea (1829-1909). From The Internet Modern
History Sourcebook.
Peru Mestizo Visual site concerning art and society in colonial Peru
from Texas Council for the
Humanities Resource Centre. Accompanied by these essays:
Missions
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 Santa Catalina Convent, Arequipa Established in the 16th century,
Santa Catalina convent is perhaps the largest such institution in the
world. It was a haven for daughters of the local elite, who lived a
pampered if isolated life.
(Beautiful) images of the convent). Illustrated with contemporary
pictures, modern images and data. By R H Jackson. Powerpoint pdf file
see
also casahistoria
catholic
missions in latin america
casahistoria
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4. Independence: Politics & Economics in the 19th century
Independence Wars
Political overview &
narrative
Revolts
Economics
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 The Guano Era, 1845-70
from Peru
Country Study: US Library of Congress.
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Guano Trade - TED American University
The Trade & Environment Database (TED) of American University is a
collection of econo-social case studies. This case analyses the history
and impact of guano mining and commerce in the 19th and early 20th
century. Guano is a natural fertilizer made from bird droppings. Peru's
primary guano islands are the Chinchas, the Ballestras, the Lobos, and the
Macabi and Guanape islands.
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Peru's Guano trade. New York Times photo gallery of the
industry today - little changed since
its 19th century heyday. Fascinating!
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When guano imperialists ruled the earth
Andrew Leonard
provides a clear history of the rise and fall of the Peruvian
gauno industry and its links with the worlds industrial powers. 2008
Salon article.
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Economic Ideas in Peru's "Fictitious Prosperity" of Guano, 1840-1880
Full online book from Univ of Calif by Paul Gootenberg. All you ever wanted
to know about guano and its impact on Peru's 19th century industrial
development
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Mining in 19th Century
Peru This 2002 review article provides a useful insight into the key
issues of the topic (of Jose R. Deustua's The Bewitchment of Silver: The
Social Economy of Mining in Nineteenth-Century Peru by Alfonso W. Quiroz,
City Univ of New York.).
casahistoria
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for updates and current topic news
5.
Territorial Wars, 1814 -1884
Early Conflict with Bolivia
with Ecuador:
with Spain:
The Pacific War, 1879-1884
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 War of the Pacific 1879-84
from
Armed Conflict Events Data site.
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The War of the Pacific, 1879-83 Outline from
Peru
Country Study: US Library of Congress.
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The Peruvian Army during the first years of the republic, and
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The Peruvian Navy- The XIX Century Maritime
Campaigns Detailed information
about those campaigns, from the Battle of Junín in 1824 to the War of
the Pacific between 1879 to 1883. Well linked and detailed.
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The
Pacific War of 1879-1884 also referred to as the
Chile-Peruvian
War and as the Ten Cents War. From the
KMLA school site. A general overview.
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Guerra del Pacífico (1879-1883). (Many) articles from Chile's
Icarito.
Simpler Spanish for schools makes for clearer Google translations....
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Grandes Batallas
Militares del Peru
Peruvian
enthusiast site dedicated to the most important battles carried out by
the Peruvian Army and Navy during the Pacific War. Includes links to the
military campaigns of Angamos, Tarapaca and Arica and the campaign
of Breña. In Spanish.
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The Pacific War
(1879-1884)
The Pacific War from a Chilean perspective.
However, the site is actually dedicated to all the Chilean, Peruvian and
Bolivian veterans of this war. The site’s main sections include are
history, maps, uniforms, heroes, books, music and links. Includes a
Chilean heroes section. A Flash start, but click on
Salir to get
to the main site.
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Gran Almirante Miguel
Grau Seminario A short biography of Peruvian Miguel Grau. He was the
admiral of Huáscar, the only surviving Peruvian military ship that
defied the whole Chilean fleet during the War of the Pacific. Includes a
list of links to sites with similar content
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Ancash
Uprising 1885 in the aftermath of the war ..
And
with Great Britain:
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Against the British Squad: The Pacocha Incident
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During the 1877
Peruvian revolution headed by Nicolas de Pierola, a British-made
ironclad named Huascar was seized from the Peruvian Navy. Soon the
ironclad embarked on sabotage actions against the Government forces. It
also intercepted British merchant ships along the coast of Peru for
inspection. The British were outraged, and sent Rear Admiral de Horsey,
the highest-ranking navy officer in the Pacific region. After 21 hours
of combat the British officers aborted their mission. The Pacocha
Incident was considered as a humiliating action for the Royal Navy and
from then on the British Squadron in South America would always be
composed of ironclads--the same type of ship as the Huascar.
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The Huáscar
~ the museum ship. Illustrated article
with links to the wars with Peru in which it was also involved.
From the
Pre-Dreadnought Preservation
site. (Oct 2008: Presently unavailable - hopefully it will reappear!)
For
extensive
links to the history of Peru in the 20th century go to the
casahistoria Peru 2 site
casahistoria
home visit
caféhistoria
for updates and current topic news
casahistoria
home visit
caféhistoria
for updates and current topic news
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