Autor: Charles F. Walker

Charles Walker examines the largest rebellion in the history of Spain’s American empire, led by Latin America’s most iconic revolutionary, Tupac Amaru, and his wife. It began in 1780 as a multiclass …

The Tupac Amaru rebellion of 1780-1783 began as a local revolt against colonial authorities and grew into the largest rebellion in the history of Spain’s American empire-more widespread and deadlier …

The Tupac Amaru rebellion of 1780-1783 began as a local revolt against colonial authorities and grew into the largest rebellion in the history of Spain’s American empire-more widespread and deadlier …

Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru’s capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that …

In Smoldering Ashes Charles F. Walker interprets the end of Spanish domination in Peru and that country’s shaky transition to an autonomous republican state. Placing the indigenous population at the …

Contemporary natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are quickly followed by disagreements about whether and how communities should be rebuilt, whether political leaders represent the community’s …

When Peruvian public intellectual Jose Carlos Aguero was a child, the government imprisoned and executed his parents, who were members of Shining Path. In The Surrendered-originally published in Span …

The largest rebellion in the history of Spain’s American empire-a conflict greater in territory and costlier in lives than the contemporaneous American Revolution-began as a local revolt against colo …