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Bandidos : the varieties of Latin American banditry / edited by Richard W. Slatta.
LIBRA HV6453.L29 B36 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contributions in criminology and penology 0732-4464 ; no. 14.
- Contributions in criminology and penology. 0732-4464 ; no. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brigands and robbers--Latin America.
- Brigands and robbers.
- Outlaws--Latin America.
- Outlaws.
- Latin America--Social conditions.
- Latin America.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Greenwood Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- This collection explores the varieties of banditry in Latin America and provides a major comparative testing of Hobsbawm's model of the social bandit. Comprised of a unique collection of essays, it contributes to a more accurate understanding of bandit leaders and followers, as well as to the analysis of banditry as a social phenomenon.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [205]-211.
- ISBN:
- 0313253013
- OCLC:
- 13668102
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