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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476829303321

Autore

Derby Lauren Hutchinson

Titolo

The dictator's seduction [[electronic resource] ] : politics and the popular imagination in the era of Trujillo / / Lauren Derby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2009

ISBN

9786613035776

1-283-03577-4

0-8223-9086-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (430 p.)

Collana

American encounters/global interactions

Disciplina

972.9305/3

Soggetti

Dominican Republic Social conditions

Dominican Republic Politics and government 1930-1961

Dominican Republic History 1930-1961

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Dominican Belle Époque, 1922 -- San Zenon and the making of Ciudad Trujillo -- The master of ceremonies -- Compatriotas! el jefe calls -- Clothes make the man -- Trujillo's two bodies -- Papa Liborio and the morality of rule -- Charisma and the gift of recognition.

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of the ways that General Rafael Trujillo s dictatorship (1930-1961) pervaded everyday life in the Dominican Republic s capital, Santo Domingo.