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1 online resource (296) |
| Contents |
Cover13; -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Dialectics of Public Life -- 2. The Making of a Man in the Middle -- 3. Encounters on the Middle Ground -- 4. The Expansion of Public Space -- 5. The Pressures of Power -- 6. The Middle Ground Disappears -- 7. The Crowd -- 8. The Demise of Convivencia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Most Colombians regard Jorge Eliecer Gaitan as a pivotal figure in their nation's history, whose assassination on April 9, 1948 irrevocably changed the course of events in the twentieth century. ... As biography, social history, and political analysis, Braun's book is a tour de force."--Jane M. Rausch, Hispanic American Historical Review Herbert Braun is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Born in Bogota, Colombia, he has also taught at the Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City |
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Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer, 1898?-1948 -- Assassination
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Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer, 1898?-1948. fast (OCoLC)fst00069159 |
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Bogotazo, Bogotá, Colombia, 1948.
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Assassination.
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Politics and government.
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Bogotá (Colombia) -- History
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Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1930-1946. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028517
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Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1946-1974. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028518
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Colombia.
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Colombia -- Bogotá
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
128262279X |
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9781282622791 |
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9780299103606 |
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0299103609 |
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