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Adiós niño : the gangs of Guatemala city and the politics of death / Deborah T. Levenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levenson-Estrada, Deborah, author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs--Guatemala--Guatemala--History.
- Gangs.
- Gangs--Political aspects--Guatemala--Guatemala.
- Gang members--Guatemala--Guatemala.
- Gang members.
- Juvenile delinquency--Guatemala--Guatemala.
- Juvenile delinquency.
- At-risk youth--Guatemala--Guatemala.
- At-risk youth.
- Guatemala (Guatemala)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Guatemala (Guatemala).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This ethnohistory examines how the Guatemalan gangs that emerged from the country's strong populist movement in the 1980s had become perpetrators of nihilist violence by the early 2000s.
- Contents:
- The rise and fall of tomorrow
- Politics and death
- The gangs to live for
- The gangs to die for
- Democracy and lock up
- Opening ending.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822352990
- 0822352990
- 9780822395621
- 0822395622
- OCLC:
- 841229587
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