PERU Aprista Ideology Radical Latin America Politics Indigenous Socialism Torre

by Harry Kantor

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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } The Ideology and Program of the Peruvian Aprista Movement by Harry Kantor Published by Savile Books, Washington, 1966. Second Edition. Very good hardcover in acceptable dust jacket.Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, tears/chips & sunning to dj. 8vo, index, 173 pages. When Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre founded APRA in 1924, he unleashed Peru's first mass-based political movement with a fully articulated ideology, a radical vision that would dominate Peruvian politics for decades while inspiring social democratic movements across Latin America. Kantor's analytical study, originally published in 1953 as a University of California monograph before this 1966 Savile edition, remains the definitive English-language examination of Aprista ideology during its formative and most militant years. The work dissects the movement's core principles: opposition to Yankee imperialism, advocacy for Latin American unity, and calls for nationalization of land and foreign-owned industry to end exploitation of Peru's indigenous masses through planned economic transformation. Kantor benefited from extensive discussions with Haya de la Torre himself in 1948, gaining insider access to clarify ideological nuances across three decades of Aprista writings and internal debates. The second edition appeared at a pivotal moment when APRA, after decades of persecution, exile, and underground resistance, was attempting to t

• Publisher: Savile Books
• Year: 1966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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