The Construction of a Frontier Space: Interethnic Relations in Northern Bolivia

Abstract

Since the 1990s Amazonian studies have been undergoing a historical revision that reevaluates traditional documentary sources and incorporates other, newer sources that have made it possible to conduct deeper analyses of processes, the particulars of which remain nevertheless to a large extent unknown. Working from the existing literature and new original research, we examine the emergence of the Bolivian state in Amazonia, focusing on the indigenous communities in the region and their relations with the republican state and society.