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The assassination of Gaitan : public life and urban violence in Colombia / Herbert Braun.

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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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