Revolution in the Andes is an in-depth history of the Tupac Amaru insurrection, the largest and most threatening indigenous challenge to Spanish rule in the Andean world after the Conquest. Between 1780 and 1782, insurgent armies were organized throughout the Andean region. Some of the oldest and most populous cities in this region-including Cusco, La Paz, Puno, and Oruro-were besieged, assaulted, or occupied. Huge swaths of the countryside fell under control of the rebel forces. While essentially an indigenous movement, the rebellion sometimes attracted mestizo and Creole support for ousting the Spanish and restoring rule of the Andes to the land's ancestral owners. Sergio Serulnikov chronicles the uprisings and the ensuing war between rebel forces and royalist armies, emphasizing that the insurrection was comprised of several regional movements with varied ideological outlooks, social makeup, leadership structures, and expectations of change.

Sergio Serulnikov offers an in-depth history of the Tupac Amaru insurrection (1780-82), the largest and most threatening indigenous challenge to Spanish rule in the Andean world after the Conquest.

About the Author

Sergio Serulnikov is Professor of History at the University of San Andres in Buenos Aires and researcher at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de la Argentina. His previous books include Subverting Colonial Authority: Challenges to Spanish Rule in Eighteenth-Century Southern Andes, published by Duke University Press.

Reviews
"Revolution in the Andes is the best single account that I have read of the great uprisings led by Tupac Amaru and the other neo-Incan rebels. It is likely to become a much-read book among scholars of Latin America history, culture, and politics, especially Andeanists."-Orin Starn, author of Nightwatch: The Politics of Protest in the Andes
"In this outstanding book, Sergio Serulnikov, one of the foremost scholars of the late-colonial Andes, digests a large, multilingual historiography into a single cohesive narrative, framing the largest indigenous revolution of the New World after the Conquest for a wide audience. At the same time, he offers specialists provocative insights and attention to nuance, complexity, and local heterogeneity."-Jeremy Adelman, author of Republic of Capital: Buenos Aires and the Legal Transformation of the Atlantic World
"In this outstanding book, Sergio Serulnikov, one of the foremost scholars of the late colonial Andes, digests a large, multilingual historiography into a single cohesive narrative, framing the largest indigenous revolution of the New World after the Conquest for a wide audience. At the same time, he offers specialists provocative insights and attention to nuance, complexity, and local heterogeneity."-Jeremy Adelman, author of Republic of Capital: Buenos Aires and the Legal Transformation of the Atlantic World
"This well-written book is accessible for undergraduates while analytically rich enough to satisfy experts." -- E. E. O'Connor * Choice *
"Revolution in the Andesoffers us a fluid political narrative of events that is framed in wider structural context, sensitive to local dynamics, and penetrating in its analysis. It is written accessibly to engage a nonscholarly audience and is rendered into English with uncommon skill and elegance by translator David Frye. Ultimately, Serulnikov offers a new vision of how the political thinking and mobilization of Andean insurgents." -- Sinclair Thomson * Hispanic American Historical Review *

"In this thin volume, Serulnikov manages to present an excellent overview of the insurrection as well as a nuanced discussion of regional and local variations. He references a large historiography dating from the 1950s to the present, and an array of archival material, including quotations from Tupac Amaru II and imperial officials."

-- Michael J. Gonzalez * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
"Geared to undergraduate and popular audiences, Revolution in the Andes features meticulous accounts of complex events in plain, lucid language." -- Jason B. McClure * Michigan War Studies Review *
"Serulnikov succeeds admirably in encapsulating a chronologically and geographically coherent narrative of revolution from 1780 to 1782, which is easily accessible to readers with no prior knowledge." -- Marc Eagle * History: Reviews of New Books *
"An exceptional synthesis of the Age of Andean Insurrection. Apt for specialists and nonspecialists alike." -- Jose Carlos De la Puente Luna * Latin American Research Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9780822354987
Author Sergio Serulnikov
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 249g