Twentieth-Century Latin American Revolutions (Latin American

Twentieth-Century Latin American Revolutions (Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom)

Revolutions are a commonly studied but only vaguely understood historical phenomenon. This clear and concise text extends our understanding with a critical narrative analysis of key case studies: the 1910â€“1920 Mexican Revolution; the 1944â€“1954 Guatemalan Spring; the 1952â€“1964 MNR-led revolution in Bolivia; the Cuban Revolution that triumphed in 1959; the 1970â€“1973 Chilean path to socialism; the leftist Sandinistas in Nicaragua in power from 1979â€“1990; failed guerrilla movements in Colombia, El Salvador, and Peru; and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela after Hugo ChÃ¡vezâ€™s election in 1998. Historian Marc Becker opens with a theoretical introduction to revolutionary movements, including a definition of what â€œrevolutionâ€ means and an examination of factors necessary for a revolution to succeed. He analyzes revolutions through the lens of those who participated and explores the sociopolitical conditions that led to a revolutionary situation, the differing responses to those conditions, and the outcomes of those political changes. Each case study provides an interpretive explanation of the historical context in which each movement emerged, its main goals and achievements, its shortcomings, its outcome, and its legacy. The book concludes with an analysis of how elected leftist governments in the twenty-first century continue to struggle with issues that revolutionaries confronted throughout the twentieth century.
Country USA
Brand Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2017-06-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781442265875

Country	USA
Brand	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2017-06-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781442265875

Twentieth-Century Latin American Revolutions (Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom)

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