Bandits, Peasants, and Politics : The Case of "La Violencia" in
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292777574 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | Spanish |
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But it has a broader significance for modern Colombian history, and for the comparative history of the state, violence, peasantries, and women in Latin America, which should assure it the wide readership it deserves."--Journal of Latin American Studies, August 2002 . " makes a substantial contribution to the history of a specific period of contemporary Colombian history
An excellent analysis of the post "La Violencia" era What is the difference between a "social" bandit and a mere "criminal" bandit? How do guerrilla organizations come into being? How do they gain legitimacy from their local populations?For those looking to understand the period immediately following La Violencia (19An excellent analysis of the post "La Violencia" era Peter Larose What is the difference between a "social" bandit and a mere "criminal" bandit? How do guerrilla organizations come into being? How do they gain legitimacy from their local populations?For those looking to understand the period immediately following La Violencia (1948-1956) and how Colombia's disenfranchised peasants turned to collective violence in a desperate attempt to survive, this bo. 8-1956) and how Colombia's disenfranchised peasants turned to collective violence in a desperate attempt to survive, this bo. Bert Ruiz said A glaring account of military & police corruption. Liberals were butchered. The military and police, on explicit orders from the Conservative Party government brutally killed and stole anything of value from all Liberal Party members. The government was absolutely corrupt and allowed a ghastly assault of murder, rape and torture. Consequently, the Liberal Party was forced to form a guerrilla resistance army. La Violencia is unquestionabl. zzzzzzzzzzz Colombia's unique history of brutality and violence in the 1850's and 1860's. How can you make such an interesting topic unbearably boring? Write it like a student trying to impress his professor. I can learn much more from listening to my wife's stories about those days. []
. Gonzalo Sánchez, recipient of the LASA/OXFAM Martin Diskin Memorial Lectureship Award for 2000, is Professor of History and Political Science at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.Donny Meertens is a Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam, currently on leave from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where she is Professor of Gend
The years 1945-1965 saw heavy partisan conflict in the rural areas of Colombia, with at least 200,000 people killed. Yet La Violencia resists classification as a social uprising, since calls for social reform were largely absent during this phase of the struggle. In fact, once the elite leadership settled on a power-sharing agreement in 1958, the conflict appeared to subside.This book focuses on the second phase (1958-1965) of the struggle, in which the social dimensions of the conflict emerged in a uniquely Colombian form: the campesinos, shaped by the earlier violence, became social and political bandits, no longer acting exclusively for powerful men above them but more in defense of the peasantry. In comparing them with other regional expressions of bandolerismo, the authors weigh the limited prospects for the evolution of Colombian banditry into full-scale social revolution.Published originally in 1983 as Bandoleros, gamonales y campesinos and now updated with a new epilogue, this book makes a time