Alexander Avina

Specters of Revolution

Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside

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Produktbeschreibung

Specters of Revolution examines the development of two guerrilla insurgencies led by schoolteachers in Mexico during the 1960s. Relying upon recently declassified documents and oral histories, it chronicles a history of nonviolent peasant political action, underscored by long-held rural utopian ideals, radicalized by persistent state terror.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780199936595
• ISBN-10: 0199936595
• Artikelnr.: 40580372

Autorenporträt

Alexander Avina is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Guerrilla Ghosts in the Mexican Countryside
Chapter One: Traditions and Legacies of Rebellion
Chapter Two: A Lesson in Civic Insurgency
Chapter Three: A Moment of True Democracy
Chapter Four: Re-treading Old Paths, Forging New Routes
Chapter Five: "There Was No Other Way"
Chapter Six: A Poor People's Revolution
Conclusion: A Poor People's Utopia
Epilogue: "The Bones Will Tell Us What Happened"
Notes
Bibliography
Index