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The assassination of Gaitan : public life and urban violence in Colombia / Herbert Braun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braun, Herbert, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer, 1898?-1948--Assassination.
- Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer.
- Bogotazo, Bogotá, Colombia, 1948.
- Bogotá (Colombia)--History.
- Bogotá (Colombia).
- Colombia--Politics and government--1930-1946.
- Colombia.
- Colombia--Politics and government--1946-1974.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Public life and urban violence in Colombia
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Most Colombians regard Jorge Eliecer Gaitan as a pivotal figure in their nation's history, whose assassination on April 9, 1948 irrevocably changed the course of events in the twentieth century. ... As biography, social history, and political analysis, Braun's book is a tour de force."--Jane M. Rausch, Hispanic American Historical Review
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 729015081
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb05124 hdl
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