| Description |
1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I: Bolshevism and the Americas (1917-1943) -- 1. The Comintern, the Communist Party of Mexico, and the "Sandino Case": The History of a Failed Alliance, 1927-1930 -- 2. Black Caribbean migrants and the labor movement and communists in the greater Caribbean in the 1920s and 1930s -- 3. The "Negro Question" in Cuba, 1928-1936 -- 4. Semicolonials and Soviets: Latin American Communists -- 5. A relationship forged in exile: Luís Carlos Prestes and the Brazilian Communist Party, 1927-1935 -- 6. A political and transnational Ménage à Trois: the Communist Party USA, the Puero Rican Communist Party, and the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, 1934-1945 -- Part II: Latin American communism in the Cold-War frame (1945-1989) -- 7. Latin America and the Communist world in the early 1950s: the networks of Soviet pacifism and Latin American anti-imperialism -- 8. Breaking the silence: Communist women, transnationalism, and the Alianza Femenina Guatemalteca, 1947-1954 -- 9. Transnational youth and student groups in the 1950s -- 10. Our Vietnamese compañeros: how Salvadoran Guerrillas adapted the "People's War" strategy |
| Summary |
"Did Latin American communists have stronger roots in the worldwide movement or in the historical developments of their own countries? This collection uses a transnational lens to examine the relationships of the region's local parties with each other, international counterparts, and outside groups dedicated to anti-imperialism, women's rights, and other causes. Part One's essays explore the era from the Bolshevik Revolution through 1943. Topics include the failed connection between Mexican communists and the Comintern, Black migrant workers and the Caribbean labor movement, race relations in Cuba, Latin American communists in the USSR, and Luís Carlos Prestes and the Brazilian Communist Party. Part Two focuses on the Cold War years to look at Soviet peace activism networks in Latin America, Guatemala's communist women before the 1954 coup, Puerto Rico's communist party, transnational student groups, and international influences on Salvadoran guerrillas. Insightful and expert, Transnational Communism across the Americas illuminates the various Latin American communist parties and their milieus, programs, and policies"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 26, 2024) |
| Subject |
Communism -- Latin America -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
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Communism
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Economics.
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Politics and Government.
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Becker, Marc (Professor of history), editor.
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Power, Margaret, 1953- editor.
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Wood, Tony, 1976- editor.
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Zumoff, Jacob A., editor.
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| LC no. |
2022054739 |
| ISBN |
9780252054747 |
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0252054741 |
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