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The Republic of Peru, formerly the most important of the Spanish vice-royalties in South America, declared its independence on 28 July 1821; but it was not till after a war, protracted till 1824, that the country gained its actual freedom.
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The official gazette is El Peruana, Lima.
Anuario Estadistico del Perú, Annual.—Boletin de Estadística Peruana. Quarterly.—Demarcatión Politica del Perú. (Dirección Nacional de Estadística), Lima
Censo National Población, 1940. 9 vols. Lima, 1947–49
Estadística del Comercio Exterior (Superintendencia de Aduanas). Lima
Banco Central de Reserva. Monthly Bulletin.—Renta National del Perú. Annual, Lima
Ministerio de Fomento Lima publishes separate annual statistics on the mining and petroleum industries and on general industry ; the wool textile and cotton textile industries, the Peruvian Chamber of Commerce and the National Agrarian Society furnish annual studies.
Bourricaud, F., Pouvoir et Société dans le Pérou contemporain. Paris, 1965
Kantor, H., The ideology and program of the Peruvian Aprista movement. Univ of California Press, 1953
Mejía Baca, J., and Tauro, A., Diccionário Enticlopédico del Perú. 3 vols. 1966
Owens, R. J., Peru. OUP, 1964
Pike, A modern history of Peru. London, 1967
Vargas, Padre, Historia General del Perú. Lima, 1967
National Library. Avenida Abancay, Lima. Director: Guillermo Lohmann Villena.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1968). Peru. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270978_101
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