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An elegantly written social history of the evolution of artisan guilds in nineteenth-century Peru.
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Although itis only the fourth largest country of Latin America (after Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico), Peru's half-million square miles are equivalent to the combined area of France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Superimposed upon the heartland of the United States, Peru would cover about all of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri. Noted for the splendors of its geography, its extensive mineral endowments, and the richness of its culture and history, Peru, however, provides only a meager subsistence to most of its sixteen million inhabitants. David P. Werlich, drawing on over five thousand sources, both published and unpublished, synthesizes for the general reader ...
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.