: It examines the role of the urban masses ( el populacho ) and the thin line between justice and collective savagery.

đź’ˇ : The book is less a traditional history textbook and more a psychological and social autopsy of a moment where Peru's social order completely collapsed.

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: After President Balta was killed, the Lima populace rose in a violent counter-rebellion.

: The work consists of six chapters, a prologue, and an epĂ­logo, totaling over 400 pages. Significance