Revolutionaries, Rebels and Robbers - The Golden Age of Banditry in Mexico, Latin America and the Chicano American Southwest, 1850-1950 (Hardcover)

This volume delivers a comprehensive study of banditry in Latin America and of its cultural representation. In its scope across the continent, looking closely at nations where bandit culture has manifested itself forcefully - Mexico (the subject of the case study), the Hispanic south-west of the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba - it imagines a 'Golden Age' of banditry in Latin America from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1940s when so-called 'social bandits', an idea first proposed by Eric Hobsbawm and further developed here, flourished. In its content, this work offers the most detailed and wide-ranging study of its kind currently available. Contents Introduction: The Idea of a Golden Age of Latin American Banditry 1850-1950 1. The Figure of the Bandit in History, Culture and Social Theory 2. Mexico: The Myth of the Bandit Nation 3. Mexico's Classic Bandit Narrative: Los de abajo 4. Beyond Mexico I: Bandit Cultures in Latin America 5. Beyond Mexico II: Chicano Bandit Cultures Conclusion

General

Imprint:	University Of Wales Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Iberian and Latin American Studies
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Pascale Baker
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-78316-343-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-78316-343-7
Barcode:	9781783163434

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