 The Surrendered: Reflections by a Son of Shining Path
Michael Lazzara and I published a translation of José Carlos Agüero’s fascinating memoirs and ruminations, The Surrendered: Reflections by a Son of Shining Path (Duke University Press, 2021). We have added an introduction that contextualizes his work and contributions as well as a lengthy interview with the author about life growing up with Shining Path parents and his views on trauma, forgiveness, and memory. |
 Alberto Flores Galindo: Utopía, historia y revolución con Carlos Aguirre
In this book, Carlos Aguirre and I review the intellectual work of Alberto Flores Galindo. Topics include his understanding of the wars of Independence in Peru; his role as a public intellectual; his relationship with the Cuban Revolution; his views on the violence and crises of Peru in the 1980s, and his sustained and fertile relationship with literature. |
 Witness to the Age of Revolution: The Odyssey of Juan Bautista
In collaboration with the fantastic artist Liz Clarke, Witness to the Age of Revolution: The Odyssey of Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru examines the fascinating and tragic life of the brother of Tupac Amaru. Imprisoned in Ceuta for more than thirty years, he reached Buenos Aires in 1822 and wrote his memoirs, a stunning account of imprisonment and enlightenment. Witness received the 2021 PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers. |
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The Tupac Amaru Rebellion, Harvard University Press, April 2014. The history of Spain’s conquest and three-century grip on indigenous South America is rife with drama, but nowhere is that clash of cultures more vivid than in the story of Tupac Amaru II and his fierce, stubborn war for independence… |
Shaky Colonialism: The 1746 Earthquake-Tsunami in Lima Peru and its Long Aftermath, Duke University Press, 2008. On October 28, 1746, a massive earthquake ravaged Lima, a bustling city of 50,000, capital of the Peruvian Viceroyalty, and the heart of Spain’s territories in South America. Half an hour later, a tsunami destroyed the nearby port of Callao… |
Smoldering Ashes: Cuzco and the Creation of Republican Peru, 1780-1840. Duke University Press, March 1999 Peru’s Indian majority and non-Indian elite were both opposed to Spanish rule, and both groups participated in uprisings during the late colonial period. But, at the same time, seething tensions between the two groups were evident, and non-Indians feared a mass uprising…Read more |
Spanish translations of the books above |
Colonialismo en ruinas, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (Lima) y Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, 2012 |
DeTupac Amaru a Gamarra: Cusco y la Formación del Perú Republicano, 1780-1840 Translated by Maruja Martínez, Centro Bartolomé de Las Casas, October 1999. Second edition, 2004, third 2013 |
| La rebelión de Tupac Amaru, (Lima: IEP) va en su cuarta edición.
La obra tuvo un lugar especial como representante del Perú en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara y ha sido presentado en Santiago, Buenos Aires, La Paz, y en muchos lugares del Perú. |
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Essay collections |
Diálogos con el Perú: Ensayos de Historia, Fondo Editorial del Pedagógico San Marcos, 2009 |
In Search of an Inca: Identity and Utopia in the Andes. Alberto Flores Galindo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Translators: Carlos Aguirre, Charles F. Walker, & Willie Hiatt. |
Edited Volumes |
In 2019 La Siniestra Ensayos released a new edition of book that Carlos Aguirre and I edited in 1990, Bandoleros, abigeos y montoneros. Criminalidad y sociedad en el Perú, siglos XVIII-XX. This edition includes a new Introduction and a strong prologue by Juan Pablo Dabove (University of Colorado). |
José Eusebio Llano Zapata: Memorias histórico, físicas, crítico, apologéticas de la América Meridional
(Transcription and study of eighteenth-century natural history of South America). Lima: Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, PUC, San Marcos, 2005. |
Entre la retórica y la insurgencia: las ideas y los movimientos sociales en los Andes, Siglo XVIII (Between Rhetoric and Insurgency: The History of Ideas and Social Movements in the Andes, 18th Century). Cusco: Centro Bartolomé de Las Casas, 1996. |
Lima Reader Lima Reader captures the multiple viewpoints of the diverse peoples of Peru’s capital city. The volume traces Lima’s transformation from a pre-Columbian religious center, to the colonial “City of Kings,” to today’s vibrant and deeply divided metropolis of almost ten million people. A rich array of primary sources—including traveler accounts, essays, photographs, maps, poems, short stories, lyrics, and memoir excerpts, many appearing in English for the first time—address how Lima’s multiethnic population, class inequalities, and debates of who is a “true” limeño/a have evolved throughout the city’s history. The book also includes selections that explore Lima’s identity through its food, sports culture, festivals, and sense of humor. Intended for travelers, students, and scholars alike, The Lima Reader is an invaluable introduction to the complex social tensions and cultural history of Lima and its people. |
Moscoso y Peralta Inocencia justificada contra los artificios de la calumnia is a key document to undertand one of the mysterie of eighteenth-century Peru: the role of Bishop Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta in the Tupac Amaru rebellion. The document is part of a “paper war” between Cusco, Lima, and Madrid that lasted well over a decade and involved key intellectual and political figures. Available for a free download from Peru’s National Library: LINK |
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