Daily lives of civilians in wartime Latin America : from the wars of independence to the Central American civil wars
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Daily lives of civilians in wartime Latin America : from the wars of independence to the Central American civil wars
（Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series, . Daily life of civilians during wartime / David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler,
Greenwood Press, 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-315) and index
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Description
The countries of Latin America have suffered through numerous foreign interventions and domestic wars in the nearly two centuries that have followed its independence. These conflicts have also given rise to mass mobilizations of middle-class professionals, women, peasants, urban workers, and Indians, who sought to carve out a more active public role in the new states that emerged from these struggles. In some cases, elites and their military allies violently repressed the newly emerging forces. Recent research has begun to place greater emphasis on the lives of common people and the interventions they had on the larger events of the day. Eight chapters written by different scholars show the the importance of the actions of civilians in wars in Latin America.
Chapters describing civilians' roles and lives through wars in Latin America are supplemented by recommended print and online resources for further study, a glossary defining important terms and concepts, and a timeline putting events into a chronological context.
Table of Contents
Chapter One. Two Centuries of War in Latin America: An Overview Pedro Santoni Chapter Two. Death, Destiny, and the Daily Chores: Everyday Spanish America during the Wars of Independence (1806-1826) Karen Racine Chapter 3. The Civilian Experience in Mexico during the War with the United States (1846-1848) Pedro Santoni Chapter 4. Civilians and Civil War in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: Mexico City and the War of the Reform (1858-1861) Daniel S. Haworth Chapter 5. The Brazilian Home Front during the War the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) Vitor Izecksohn and Peter M. Beattie Chapter 6. Civilians and the War of the Pacific (1879-1884) Bruce W. Farcau Chapter 7. No vamos a la Revolucin! Civilians as Revolucionarios and Revolucionados in the 1910 Mexican Revolution John Lear Chapter 8. Reading Revolution from Below: Cuba (1933 and 1959) Gillian McGillivray Chapter 9. Repression and Resistance, Hatred and Hope: Military Dictatorships and Civilian Life in South America (1964-1990) Margaret Power Chapter 10. And the Storm Raged On: The Daily Experience of Terror during the Central American Civil Wars (1966-1990) Arturo Arias Glossary Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors
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