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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822943903321

Autore

Braun Herbert <1948->

Titolo

The assassination of Gaitan : public life and urban violence in Colombia / / Herbert Braun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, 1985

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

986.1/063.1/0924

Soggetti

Bogotazo, Bogota, Colombia, 1948

Bogota (Colombia) History

Colombia Politics and government 1930-1946

Colombia Politics and government 1946-1974

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Most Colombians regard Jorge Eliecer Gaitan as a pivotal figure in their nation's history, whose assassination on April 9, 1948 irrevocably changed the course of events in the twentieth century. ... As biography, social history, and political analysis, Braun's book is a tour de force."--Jane M. Rausch, Hispanic American Historical Review