Lima A Cultural History

Name: Lima A Cultural History
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ISBN: 9780195178906

ISBN-10: 0195178904

ISBN-13: 9780195178906

Edition: 2004

Authors: James Higgins

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Formerly the viceregal capital of Spain's vast South American empire, Lima is today a sprawling metropolis struggling to cope with a population of eight million. Located on the coast between the Andean foothills and the Pacific Ocean, it is many cities in one, with an indigenous past, an old colonial heart, and turn-of-the-century quarters modeled on Paris. Leafy suburbs like San Isidro and tranquil seaside communities such as Barranco contrast with ever-expanding shantytowns. Lima has always dominated national life, as the center of political and economic power. Long a stronghold of the European elite, the city is now home to millions of Peruvians from the Andean region as well as the…

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List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.39" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English




Introducing Lima : "the strangest, saddest city"



The pre-Hispanic past



City of the kings



Capital of the republic



The expanding metropolis