Foundations of Despotism - Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History (Paperback)

Winner of the 2003 John Edwin Fagg Prize for Best Publication in the History of Latin America, given by the American Historical Association Named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice in 2003 This book explores the history of the Dominican Republic as it evolved from the first European colony in the Americas into a modern nation under the rule of Rafael Trujillo. It investigates the social foundations of Trujillo's exceptionally enduring and brutal dictatorship (1930-1961) and, more broadly, the way power is sustained in such non-democratic regimes. One of the best works ever done on the Dominican Republic, this wonderful book goes a long way toward explaining not only the long-lived Trujillo dictatorship but subsequent Dominican social and political history as well. It is also a powerful critique of the simplistic demonizing of the Caribbean dictatorial model of politics attached to strongmen like Trujillo, Somoza, and Duvalier. - Lowell Gudmundson, Mount Holyoke College

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2004
First published:	May 2004
Authors:	Richard Lee Turits
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-5105-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-8047-5105-6
Barcode:	9780804751056

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