"I See Here Nothing but Miseries": Social Disease and "Humanitarian" Capitalism in En las tierras del Potosí
This essay proposes reading En las tierras del Potosí (1911), by Jaime Mendoza, as a diagnosis of the "national disease". In this novel, the author explores the multiple obstacles that the Bolivian nation faces on its way to modernity. On the one hand, by portraying worker’s health issues...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Bolivian Studies Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://bsj.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/bsj/article/view/214 |