Parties and Political Change in Bolivia, 1880-1952

Cambridge University Press, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No D/J. Cambridge University Press, 1969. Scarlet cloth, titles in gilt on dark red ground up spine. xvi plus 451 pages including glossary, bibliography and index. Has book plate from Glasgow Uni on inside cover. In this detailed study, Professor Klein stresses the origins and development of the Bolivian political system as it evolved into a stable two-party regime in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He then analyses the causes which led to the mutation of this system and the rise of class politics and social revolutionary movements in the middle decades of this century. Professor Klein places particular stress on the events of the 1930s and the impact of the disastrous Chaco War as a catalyst in the process of political crisis. He documents this impact through the wealth of information on the changing composition and programmes of the parties of this period. Finally he analyses the emergence of the revolutionary movement in the decade before the Revolution. Happy to answer any questions and will gladly email a scan of book. 1st Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/No D/J. Ex-Library.