Eric’s Reviews > Smoldering Ashes: Cuzco and the Creation of Republican Peru, 1780-1840 > Status Update

"The republican state maintained the keystone of Spanish colonialism in retaining the legal division between Indians and non-Indians. The importance of this policy for modern Peru cannot be exaggerated." (Loc 3510)

"Gamarra created a strong base in Cuzco. Throughout his career, he promoted this relationship, favoring Cuzco whenever possible...His nationalist rhetoric and promises to recapture Cuzco’s glory resonated well...He expertly integrated the maximum symbol of Cuzco grandeur, the Incas, into his platform, thereby gaining the support of groups ranging from urban elites to the Indian masses."

Ch 5: CUZCO’S BLACK ANGEL: AGUSTÍN GAMARRA AND THE CREATION OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE

"...contradictions of Bourbon policies, the stagnant economy, and above all the indigenous peasantry’s use of the courts impeded the implementation of the accelerated reforms plotted out by the revanchist colonial state."

"The Tupac Amaru rebellion must be understood in light of eighteenth-century political culture: greater tensions evident in the increasing number of revolts, diverse invocations of the Incas, and the emergence of new ideological and political currents. It was a protonational movement that confronted and was undermined by the contradictions of colonialism in the Andes." '(Loc 1024)

"...at the heart of this study are the racial dichotomies that persisted and even strengthened in the republic."