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Roots of revolution : the press and social change in Latin America / Jerry W. Knudson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knudson, Jerry W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Press and politics--Latin America--History--20th century.
- Press and politics.
- Revolutions--Latin America--History--20th century.
- Revolutions.
- Social change--Latin America--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- Latin America--Politics and government--20th century.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : University Press of America, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book focuses on the longstanding social and economic ills that caused society to disintegrate into violence during the social and economic Latin American revolutions. Based upon the author's firsthand knowledge as a journalist focused on Latin America, this book provides the latest information, historical or present, on such revolutions.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgment; Introduction; Chapter One. The Mexican Revolution of 1910; Chapter Two. Bolivia: Revolution in the Clouds; Chapter Three. Origins of the Cuban Revolution; Photospread; Chapter Four. Argentina: Terror in the Global Village; Chapter Five. Chile: The Nation that Survived; Chapter Six. The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua and the Chamorro Family; Chapter Seven. The Peruvian Press Law of 1974: A Glimpse of the Future?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-9118-8
- 1-282-47993-8
- 9786612479939
- 0-7618-4824-X
- OCLC:
- 659563720
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