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The State, Elite, and Export in Nineteenth Century Peru: Toward an Alternative Reinterpretation of Political Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen M. Gorman
Stephen M. Gorman*
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Department of Political Science, North Texas State University
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In a recent reinterpretation of political change in Peru between independence and World War I, Berg and Weaver (1978) suggest that the rise of guano export beginning in the 1840s led to important changes in socioeconomic relations within the country. In consequence, a centralized and powerful state emerged which asserted its authority over the formerly dominant provincial elites. On this point, Berg and Weaver's analysis is not inconsistent with existing literature on the period (Basadre, 1963; Pike, 1967; Bonilla, 1974). But their argument that by retaining control over guano export the state acquired the financial resources with which to establish its independence from newly emerging urban elites does not seem completely valid.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 395 - 418
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Copyright © University of Miami 1979

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