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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824179503321

Autore

Henderson James D. <1942->

Titolo

When Colombia bled : a history of the violencia in Tolima / / James D. Henderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University, AL, : University of Alabama Press, c1985

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Disciplina

986.1

986.1/0632

986.10632

Soggetti

Massacres - Colombia - Tolima (Dept.)

Colombia Politics and government 1946-1974

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Gran Tolima; 2. At the Threshold of a New Age; 3. The Invisible State; 4. Preface to the Violencia; 5. The Violencia; 6. Líbano; 7. Tolima's Tragedy Deepens; 8. More Than a Political Solution; 9. Aftermath; 10. The Violencia and Tolima: An Assessment; Appendixes; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the Colombian Violencia, the undeclared civil war between the Liberal and Conservative parties that raged from the late 1940's to early 1960's. It presents the information as a narrative history. There is also an array of appendixes, maps, and photographs.