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Lima by James Higgins, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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Lima by James Higgins, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Lima by James Higgins, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From James Higgins

Lima by James Higgins, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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Formerly the viceregal capital of Spain's vast South American empire, Lima is today a sprawling metropolis struggling to cope with a population of eight million. Located on the coast between the Andean foothills and the Pacific Ocean, it is many cities in one, with an indigenous past, an oldcolonial heart, and turn-of-the-century quarters modeled on Paris. Leafy suburbs like San Isidro and tranquil seaside communities such as Barranco contrast with ever-expanding shantytowns. Lima has always dominated national life, as the center of political and economic power. Long a stronghold ofthe European elite, the city is now home to millions of Peruvians from the Andean region as well as the descendants of African slaves and migrants from Europe, China and Japan. As a popular saying puts it, the whole of Peru is now in Lima. James Higgins explores the city's history and evolvingidentity as reflected in its architecture, literature, painting and music. Tracing its trajectory from colonial enclave to modern metropolis, he reveals how the capital now embodies the diversity and dynamism of Peru itself. - CITY OF HISTORY: ceremonial sites and museums of pre-Hispanicantiquities; colonial churches and mansions; the Museum of the Inquisition; monuments to the heroes of Independence. - CITY OF CULTURE: pre-Columbian textiles, pottery and goldwork; Baroque architecture and art; writers such as Mario Vargas Llosa and Alfredo Bryce Echenique; painters andsculptors; a vibrant popular culture. - CITY OF MULTICULTURAL EXCHANGE: the indigenous legacy; the imposition of Spanish culture; African slaves; European and Asian immigrants; mass migration from the provinces. | Lima by James Higgins, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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