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Dictatorship in South America
Dictatorship in South America explores the experiences of Brazilian, Argentine and Chilean experience under military rule. Presents a single-volume thematic study that explores experiences with dictatorship as well as their social and historical contexts in Latin America Examines at the ideological and economic crossroads that brought Argentina, Brazil and Chile under the thrall of military dictatorship Draws on recent historiographical currents from Latin America to read these regimes as radically ideological and inherently unstable Makes a close reading of the economic trajectory from dependency to development and democratization and neoliberal reform in language that is accessible to general readers Offers a lively and readable narrative that brings popular perspectives to bear on national histories Selected as a 2014 Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE
Violence and Resilience in Latin American Cities
Why are Latin American cities amongst the most violent in the world? Over the past decades Latin America has not only become the most urbanised of the regions of the so-called global South, it has also been the scene of the urbanisation of poverty and exclusion. Overall regional homicides rates are the highest in the world, a fact closely related to the spread and use of firearms by male youths, who are frequently involved in local and translocal forms of organised crime. In response, governments and law enforcements agencies have been facing mounting pressure to address violence through repressive strategies, which in turn has led to a number of consequences: law enforcement is often based on excessive violence and the victimisation of entire marginal populations. Thus, the dynamics of violence have generated a widespread perception of insecurity and fear. Featuring much original fieldwork across a broad array of case studies, this cutting edge volume focuses on questions not only of crime, insecurity and violence but also of Latin American cities’ ability to respond to these problems in creative and productive ways.
Latin America's Radical Left
This book examines a generation of leftist militants who in the 1960s advocated revolutionary violence for social change in South America.
Fútbol, Jews, and the Making of Argentina
If you attend a soccer match in Buenos Aires of the local Atlanta Athletic Club, you will likely hear the rival teams chanting anti-Semitic slogans. This is because the neighborhood of Villa Crespo has long been considered a Jewish district, and its soccer team, Club Atlético Atlanta, has served as an avenue of integration into Argentine culture. Through the lens of this neighborhood institution, Raanan Rein offers an absorbing social history of Jews in Latin America. Since the Second World War, there has been a conspicuous Jewish presence among the fans, administrators and presidents of the Atlanta soccer club. For the first immigrant generation, belonging to this club was a way of becomin...
Cuba’s Revolutionary World
On January 2, 1959, Fidel Castro, the rebel comandante who had just overthrown Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, addressed a crowd of jubilant supporters. Recalling the failed popular uprisings of past decades, Castro assured them that this time “the real Revolution” had arrived. As Jonathan Brown shows in this capacious history of the Cuban Revolution, Castro’s words proved prophetic not only for his countrymen but for Latin America and the wider world. Cuba’s Revolutionary World examines in forensic detail how the turmoil that rocked a small Caribbean nation in the 1950s became one of the twentieth century’s most transformative events. Initially, Castro’s revolution augured wel...
Firmenich
Pocas figuras de nuestro pasado reciente están envueltas en una atmósfera de sobreentendidos, silencios y suposiciones tan tupida como la que aún rodea a la imagen de Mario Eduardo Firmenich. En más de un sentido, el líder de Montoneros aparece como un “hombre maldito”, a tal punto que, hasta este libro, no se concretaron los proyectos de publicar una biografía integral sobre su persona. Encumbrado, cuando aún no había cumplido 25 años, a la conducción de la principal organización armada de entonces, en poco más de una década su nombre se convirtió en uno de los rostros del “demonio” de esa violenta Argentina de los setenta, denostado por propios y extraños. “Asesino...
La Noche de las Corbatas
Entre el 6 y el 8 de julio de 1977, el Ejército Argentino, junto con cómplices civiles, secuestró en Mar del Plata a un grupo de abogados laboralistas. Los propios secuestradores bautizaron el operativo como "La Noche de las Corbatas". Eligieron a esos profesionales por motivos ideológicos, políticos, económicos y personales. Cinco de ellos murieron o permanecen desaparecidos. Tres eran maoístas; uno, peronista ortodoxo, y otro, peronista de izquierda. Ninguno tenía participación en la lucha armada. Todos defendían a trabajadores. Esta es su historia y la de la época que les tocó vivir.
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La Tablada
En el amanecer del lunes 23 de enero de 1989, un camión embiste contra el portón de acceso del Regimiento de Infantería Mecanizado 3, en la localidad bonaerense de La Tablada. Tras él, ingresa una caravana de vehículos. Sus ocupantes, al grito de "¡Viva Rico! Viva Seineldín!", se proponen copar la unidad militar. En el transcurso de las horas, el aparente alzamiento militar "carapintada" -uno más de los varios que ya ha sufrido el gobierno de Raúl Alfonsín- mostrará ser en realidad una operación planeada y ejecutada por dirigentes y militantes del Movimiento Todos por la Patria (MTP). Los enfrentamientos dejarán un grave saldo de muertos, heridos y desaparecidos, y repercusiones...
