A century of violence in a red city : popular struggle, counterinsurgency, and human rights in Colombia / / Lesley Gill

• Autore: Gill Lesley
• Pubblicazione: Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Disciplina: 986.1/25
• Soggetto topico: Human rights - Colombia - History - 20th century; Working class - Colombia - History - 20th century; Labor disputes - Colombia - Barrancabermeja - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Black gold, militant labor -- Cold war crucible -- Terror and impunity -- Unraveling -- Fragmented sovereignty -- Narrowing political options and human rights -- The aftermath of counterinsurgency.
• Sommario/riassunto: Lesley Gill traces the rise and fall of the strong labor unions and working class of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, showing how the incursion of neoliberalism, the drug trade, and counterinsurgency military campaigns into civil society that began in the 1980s has destabilized everyday life and decimated the city's powerful social institutions.
• Titolo autorizzato: A century of violence in a red city
• ISBN: 0-8223-7470-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910476842103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II