Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Latin America: From the Wars of Independence to the Central American Civil Wars Contributor(s): Santoni, Pedro (Author) |
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ISBN: 031333594X ISBN-13: 9780313335945 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $78.21 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - General - History | Military - General - History | Social History |
Dewey: 980 |
LCCN: 2008019220 |
Series: Daily Life Through History |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.50 lbs) 360 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The countries of Latin America have suffered through numerous foreign interventions and domestic wars in the nearly two centuries that have followed its independence. These conflicts have also given rise to mass mobilizations of middle-class professionals, women, peasants, urban workers, and Indians, who sought to carve out a more active public role in the new states that emerged from these struggles. In some cases, elites and their military allies violently repressed the newly emerging forces. Recent research has begun to place greater emphasis on the lives of common people and the interventions they had on the larger events of the day. Eight chapters written by different scholars show the the importance of the actions of civilians in wars in Latin America. Chapters describing civilians' roles and lives through wars in Latin America are supplemented by recommended print and online resources for further study, a glossary defining important terms and concepts, and a timeline putting events into a chronological context. |