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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.
Anario Estadislico del Perú. Annual.—Perú: Compendia Estadíslico. Annual.—Boletin de Esiadistiea Peruana. Quarterly.—Demareación Política del Perú. (Dirección Nacional de Esiadística), Lima
Esiadistiea del Comercio Exterior (Superintendenaa de Aduanas). Lima
Banco Central de Reserva. Monthly Bulletin.—Renia Nacional del Perú. Annual, Lima
Figueroa, A., Capitalist Development and the Peasant Economy of Peru. CUP, 1984
Hemming, J., The Conquest of the Incas. London, 1970
McClintock, C. and Lowental, A. F., (eds.) The Peruvian Experiment Reconsidered. Princeton Univ. Press, 1983
Mejía Baca, J. and Tauro, A., Diccioncirio Enciclopédico del Perú. 3 vols. 1966
Thorpe, R. and Bertram, G., Peru 1890–1977: Growth and Policy in an Open Economy. London, 1978
National Library: Avenida Abancay, Lima.
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Paxton, J. (1989). Peru. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271180_131
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