Blood of the Earth : : Resource Nationalism, Revolution, and Empire in Bolivia / / Kevin A. Young.
Conflicts over subterranean resources, particularly tin, oil, and natural gas, have driven Bolivian politics for nearly a century. “Resource nationalism”—the conviction that resource wealth should be used for the benefit of the “nation”—has often united otherwise disparate groups, including minework...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Natural Resources, Economic Visions, and US Intervention in Twentieth-Century Bolivia
- 1. The Road to Resource Nationalism: Economic Ideas and Popular Coalitions in La Paz, 1927–1952
- 2. A New Type of Bolivian Economy: Competing Visions, 1952–1956
- 3. The Political Economy of Containment: Privatization, Austerity, and the MNR’s Shift to the Right, 1955–1964
- 4. The Battle for Men’s Minds: Economic Paradigms, Propaganda, and the Iconography of Revolution
- 5. The Limits of Containment: Anti-Austerity and Resource Nationalism in La Paz Factories
- 6. Oil and Nation: The Crusade to Save Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons
- Epilogue: Resource Nationalism and Popular Struggle in the Twenty-First Century
- Appendix: Professional Backgrounds of Key Middle-Class Participants in Economic Debates, 1940s–1960s
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index