"Solid history of the city of Huamanga published by the university that was the center of higher learning in the region during the 19th century and then became the staging ground for Sendero Luminoso's recruitment activities in the late 1960s and 1970s. The authors examine the fate of the yanaconas in the surrounding region from the 16th century onward. Chapter three deals with the emerging influence of the mestizo class in the city and the burgeoning merchant class. Chapter five discusses how Huamanga became a poverty-stricken backwater as the country began to slowly modernize in the 19th century. Chapter six provides an overview of the 20th century as a useful backdrop for those interested in the foundations of poverty and underdevelopment that gave rise to the violence in the late-20th century. Offers local history that has wider implications for Peruvian national affairs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.