Lines in the Sand Nationalism and Identity on the Peruvian-Chilean Frontier

Name: Lines in the Sand Nationalism and Identity on the Peruvian-Chilean Frontier
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ISBN: 9780826342232

ISBN-10: 082634223X

ISBN-13: 9780826342232

Edition: 2007

Authors: William E. Skuban

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Following the War of the Pacific (1879-1883), Chile and Peru signed the Treaty of Anc???n (1884) that, in part, dealt with settling a territorial dispute over the provinces of Tacna and Arica along the countries' new common border. The treaty allowed Chile to administer the two provinces for a period of ten years, after which a plebiscite would allow the region's inhabitants to determine their own nationality. At the end of the prearranged decade, however, the Chilean and the Peruvian governments had failed to conduct the vote that would determine the fate of the people. Over a quarter of a century later, and after attempts by the U.S. government to mediate the dispute, the two countries in…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 10/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

William E. Skuban is an associate professor in the history department at California State University, Fresno.



List of Figures


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Nationalism and Identity



The Question of the Pacific



Official Nationalism: The Chileanization of Tacna and Arica



The Plebiscitary Crucible



The Elite Public Sphere



Nationalism and the Popular Sectors



Nationalism and the "Indian Question"


Conclusion: The Closing of the Peruvian-Chilean Frontier


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index