Lesson 19

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Question SA-3. Here is the text reference (p. 184/1):

Upon returning to Peru, he broke with Haya de la Torre and founded the Peruvian Socialist Party. He wrote "Seven Essays for the Interpretation of Peruvian Reality", in which he analyzed the feudalism of the old Peruvian colonial institutions and the way in which they continued to survive in his country. Of special interest to Mariátegui was the situation of the Peruvian Indian, who, despite innumerable laws and good intentions, continued to be essentially a feudal vassal to the large Peruvian landowners.