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Blood and Fire

La Violencia in Antioquia, Colombia, 1946-1953
  • Mary Roldán
  • Edited by: Walter D. Mignolo , Irene Silverblatt and Sonia Saldívar-Hull
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2003
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This study of one of the most deadly conflicts this hemisphere has ever experienced, the Colombian Violencia (1945-1958), demonstrates links between past and present violence and its connection to political democracy, racism, regionalism, and state format

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Mary Roldan is Associate Professor of Latin American History at Cornell University.

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“Mary Roldán’s enduring commitment to the history of Colombia, and to the principles of thoroughness, fairness, and accuracy, combine to make this a truly exceptional book. Colombia is perhaps the least-known or understood country in Latin America, and yet the United States’ involvement with it only continues to grow. By following the day-to-day evolution of partisan conflict in the region of Antioquia during the dreadful period of carnage remembered simply as la Violencia, Roldán makes possible a crucial understanding of the current violence in that beautiful and baffling Andean country.”—Alma Guillermoprieto, author of Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America

“This marvelous book makes important contributions in multiple ways. Beyond her nuanced analysis of the la Violencia and of sociopolitical values and ethnic/racial attitudes in Antioquia, Roldan illuminates important features of the political system. Her work, already influential among scholars working on twentieth-century Colombia, fortunately will now be available to a wider audience.”—Frank Safford, author of Colombia: Fragmented Land, Divided Society


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eBook published on:
June 11, 2002
eBook ISBN:
9780822383697
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416
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14 tables, 18 figures, 6 b&w photos
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