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Author:   Alexander Avina (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Florida State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9780199936595

ISBN 10:   0199936595
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   05 June 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Guerrilla Ghosts in the Mexican Countryside 1. Traditions and Legacies of Rebellion 2. A Lesson in Civic Insurgency 3. A Moment of True Democracy 4. Re-treading Old Paths, Forging New Routes 5. ""There Was No Other Way"" 6. A Poor People's Revolution Conclusion: A Poor People's Utopia Epilogue: ""The Bones Will Tell Us What Happened"" Notes Bibliography Index"

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Specters of Revolution offers a penetrating account of guerrilla struggles in modern Mexico. Alexander Avina captures how peasant longings, political repression, and the violence of poverty created a daring movement for justice. The state's response-a dirty war-evokes the darkest moments of Latin America's military regimes. At times hopeful, at times tragic, Avina provides a profoundly moving Cold War drama. --Tanalis Padilla, author of Rural Resistance in the Land of Zapata: The Jaramillista Movement and the Myth of the Pax Priista, 1940-1962 This book examines a haunting legacy of violence in contemporary Mexico. Alexander Avina writes an engaging and partisan account, but also a serious effort to offer historical clarity on a period that is still too close for detached explanations. --Pablo Piccato, author of Tyranny of Opinion: Honor in the Construction of the Mexican Public Sphere

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

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