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Lima: A Cultural History (Cityscapes)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 985.25
EAN: 9780195178906
ISBN: 0195178904
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: January 06, 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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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 descendants of African slaves and migrants from Europe, China and Japan. As a popular saying puts it, the whole of Peru is now in Lima. James Higgins explores the city's history and evolving identity as reflected in its architecture, literature, painting and music. Tracing its trajectory from colonial enclave to modern metropolis, he reveals how the capital now embodies the diversity and dynamism of Peru itself. -- CITY OF HISTORY: ceremonial sites and museums of pre-Hispanic antiquities; colonial churches and mansions; the Museum of the Inquisition; monuments to the heroes of Independence. -- CITY OF CULTURE: pre-Columbian textiles, pottery and goldwork; Baroque architecture and art; writers such as Mario Vargas Llosa and Alfredo Bryce Echenique; painters and sculptors; a vibrant popular culture. -- CITY OF MULTICULTURAL EXCHANGE: the indigenous legacy; the imposition of Spanish culture; African slaves; European and Asian immigrants; mass migration from the provinces.
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Rating: - A must read...especially for frequent visitors of Lima
James Higgins describes the "mysterious city," of Lima with such great expertise that even frequent visitors of Lima will benefit from this new Oxford University Press publication. On that note...if you are going to Lima for the first time, certainly do yourself the favor and buy this book.
This is a five part book. Part One is short (14 pages), introduces Lima's setting, climate, history, power struggles, painful independence and modernization and change. Part Two is super short ... Read More
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