Bandits and Liberals, Rebels and Saints
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Eric Hobsbawn
Global Perspective
History
Imperialism
Latin American History
Latin American Liberalism
Latin American Revolution
Latin American Studies
Mexican History
Mexican Revolution
Mexican Studies
Mexico
Nineteenth Century History
Peru
Second World War
South American History
South American Studies
Twentieth Century History
World War II
World War Two
WWII
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- ISBN 9781496229786
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2022
- Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In Bandits and Liberals, Rebels and Saints Alan Knight offers a distinct perspective on several overarching themes in Latin American history, spanning approximately two centuries, from 1800 to 2000. Knight’s approach is ambitious and comparative-sometimes ranging beyond Latin America and combining relevant social theory with robust empirical detail. He tries to offer answers to big questions while challenging alternative answers and approaches, including several recently fashionable ones.
While the individual essays and the book as a whole are roughly chronological, the approach is essentially thematic, with chapters devoted to major contentious themes in Latin American history across two centuries: the sociopolitical roots and impact of banditry; the character and evolution of liberalism; religious conflict; the divergent historical trajectories of Peru and Mexico; the nature of informal empire and internal colonialism; and the region’s revolutionary history-viewed through the twin prisms of British perceptions and comparative global history.
While the individual essays and the book as a whole are roughly chronological, the approach is essentially thematic, with chapters devoted to major contentious themes in Latin American history across two centuries: the sociopolitical roots and impact of banditry; the character and evolution of liberalism; religious conflict; the divergent historical trajectories of Peru and Mexico; the nature of informal empire and internal colonialism; and the region’s revolutionary history-viewed through the twin prisms of British perceptions and comparative global history.
Alan Knight is emeritus professor of the history of Latin America at the University of Oxford. He is a renowned scholar of Mexican history, and his books have won awards such as the American Historical Association’s Beveridge Prize and the Bolton Prize for his two-volume study The Mexican Revolution, Volume 1: Porfirians, Liberals, and Peasants and The Mexican Revolution, Volume 2: Counter-revolution and Reconstruction, both available from the University of Nebraska Press.
