A concise history of Bolivia /
Herbert S. Klein.
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, U.S.A. : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- xvi, 320 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
- Cambridge concise histories .
Rev. ed. of: Bolivia, the evolution of a multi-ethnic society. 1982.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-304) and index.
Geography and pre-Columbian civilization -- The creation of a colonial society -- Late colonial society : crisis and growth -- Revolution and the creation of a nation-state, 1809-1841 -- The crisis of the state, 1841-1880 -- The ages of silver and tin, 1880-1932 -- Disintegration of the established order, 1932-1952 -- From the national revolution to the cold war, 1952-1982 -- Creating a multiethnic democracy, 1982-2002 -- Political chronology.