Free pages and hard times : anarchist musings / Manuel Gonzalez Prada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González Prada, Manuel, 1844-1918.

Series:

Library of Latin America

Library of Latin America Free pages and other essays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

González Prada, Manuel, 1844-1918--Translations into English.

González Prada, Manuel.

Spanish literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Manuel Gonzalez Prada was a powerful Peruvian writer and political reformer whose essays and speeches influenced generations of young radicals. He founded the Party of National Unity in 1891, was linked to the anarchist movement, and served as Director of the National Library from 1912-1914. His writings have had enormous impact on the literary and political life of Peru: taking up the defense of exploited indigenous people, broadsiding the landowning oligarchy, and denouncing the social and political errors of the country. In fact, the radical politics Prada advocated then are still alive and

Contents:

Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Criteria for This Edition; Biographical Note on Manuel González Prada; Chronology of Manuel González Prada; Introduction; Selected Bibliography; About the Editor and Translator; Free Pages and Other Essays: Anarchist Musings; Contents; I: Free Pages; II: Times of Struggle; III: New Free Pages; IV: Diogenes' Cask; V: Anarchy; VI: Under Opprobrium

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-47030-5

0-19-993885-7

0-19-802767-2

1-60256-230-X

OCLC:

475955800