To Rise in Darkness: Revolution, Repression, and Memory in El Salvador, 1920-1932 (E-Duke Books Scholarly Collection)
An investigation of the January 1932 massacre of thousands of rural laborers in El Salvador and its long-term cultural and political consequences.
eBook, English, uuuu
Twentieth Century Literature, Durham, NC, uuuu
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9780822381242, 9780822342076, 0822381249, 0822342073
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Preface ix1. Garden of Despair: the Political Economy of Class, Land, and Labor, 1920-1929 12. A Bittersweet Transition: Politics and Labor in the 1920s 323. Fiestas of the Oppressed: The Social Geography and Culture of Mobilization 634. "Ese Trabajo Era Enteramente de los Naturales": Ethnic Conflict and Mestizaje in Western Salvador, 1914-1931 995. "To the Face of the Entire World": Repression and Radicalization, September 1931-January 1932 1326. Red Ribbons and Machetes: The Insurrection of January 1932 1707. "They Killed the Just for the Sinners": The Counterrevolutionary Massacres 2098. Memories of La Matanza: The Political and Cultural Consequences of 1932 240Epilogue 275Afterword 281Notes 291Bibliography 343Index 355