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[email protected] Peru Titles -- July 2019 History 1. Águila, Eliás del. REDESCUBRIENDO A ELÍAS DEL ÁGUILA: RETRATO FOTOGRÁFICO Y CLASE MEDIA EN LIMA DESPUÉS DE 1900. Lima: Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, 2017. 159p., photos, wrps. new. Paperback. ISBN: 9786124092558. "Redescubriendo a Elías del Águila" is a collection of black and white images of the middle class in Peru during the 20th century, taken by portrait photographer Eliás del Águila. The work particularly focuses on the portrayal of children, immigrants, and families. Contents include: "Redescubriendo a Elías del Águila", "Conservación del fondo Elías del Águila", "El uso de instensificadores en los negativos de Elías del Águila", and "Galería fotográfica". (67205) $80.00 2. Aguirre, Carlos and Ricardo D Salvatore. Editores. BIBLIOTECAS Y CULTURA LETRADA EN AMÉRICA LATINA. SIGLOS XIX Y XX. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018. 363p., wrps. new. Paperback. ISBN: 9786123173647. This set of essays, edited by Carlos Aguirre and Ricardo D. Salvatore, aims to shed new light on the history of libraries in Latin America - private, religious, public, national libraries - and, in particular, on their role in social and cultural conflicts, the formation of nation-states, the processes of political and institutional change, literacy and schooling of populations, and the accumulation of cultural/symbolic capital. (67116) $44.90 3. Albornoz, Cristóbal de and Ladislao Landa. MESIANISMO Y UTOPÍA EN AMÉRICA : PERÚ SIGLO XVI. Lima: Publicación Yolanda Carlessi, 2018. 382p., maps, musical notation, bibl., wrps.