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The dictator's seduction : politics and the popular imagination in the era of Trujillo / Lauren Derby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Derby, Lauren.
- Series:
- American encounters/global interactions.
- American encounters/global interactions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961.
- Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas.
- Dictators--Dominican Republic.
- Dictators.
- Dominican Republic--Social conditions.
- Dominican Republic.
- Dominican Republic--Politics and government--1930-1961.
- Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (430 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An analysis of the ways that General Rafael Trujillo s dictatorship (1930-1961) pervaded everyday life in the Dominican Republic s capital, Santo Domingo.
- Contents:
- The Dominican Belle Époque, 1922
- San Zenon and the making of Ciudad Trujillo
- The master of ceremonies
- Compatriotas! el jefe calls
- Clothes make the man
- Trujillo's two bodies
- Papa Liborio and the morality of rule
- Charisma and the gift of recognition.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786613035776
- 9781283035774
- 1283035774
- 9780822390862
- 0822390868
- OCLC:
- 428142932
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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