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300 years after it was first published, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe remains hugely influential and hotly debated. Since its initial release in 1719, discussions have surrounded the novel's depiction of individual solitude and work, colonial and racial relations, and mankind's relationship with the rest of the animal world. To this day,  Crusoe's depiction of self-reliance and "rugged individualism" is often idealized in economics textbooks,...

Looks at the history of Latin American politics and government.

Over recent years James Dunkerley has established a reputation as one of the most thoughtful and eloquent writers on Latin America. In his latest book he investigates the high incidence of political suicide in the subcontinent. A sensitive and revealing essay details a number of case studies: the still disputed death of Chilean President Salvador Allende during Pinochet’s storming of the Moneda Palace in 1973, the case of the Salvadorean guerr...

Bolivia: Coup d'Etat traces Bolivia's history from the 1952 Revolution to the July 1980 coup and its aftermath.

Unity is Strength describes the hardships and violence suffered by Latin American workers and exposes the economic and political system which exploits and oppresses them. It also looks at the nature of trade unions and workers' struggles in Latin America and considers the need for effective solidarity by British and European trade unionists.

The Long War is a serious, radical critique of the political economy and recent history of El Salvador, set in the context of the troubled history of the entire Central American region and detailing in full the extent of US intervention and its importance as a destabilising factor.With the addition of a postscript, this new edition brings the narrative fully up-to-date.

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Anglo-America has possessed neither a uniform imperialist vocation, nor the consistent capacity to impose it.

Adopts a variety of disciplinary, thematic, and country-based approaches to the complex and contested issues around the character of the nation-state in Latin America. The authors seek to develop debate and research on the topic through case-studies, historiographical review, and themes such as the role of violence, money and the role of finance, and the ambiguous role of liberalism.

An analysis of the political history of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica.

This volume brings together essays written over three decades on Bolivian history and politics. The book opens with a contemporary survey of the new government of the MAS headed by Evo Morales. Subsequent chapters review the neoliberal experiments of the 1980s and 1990s, the strategic and intellectual failures of Che Guevaras guerrilla foco, the origins of the Revolution of 1952, explanations for the dominance of the caudillos of the 19th cent...

Bolivia is a country with a reputation, writes James Dunkerley. Not so long ago it was for Che Guevara, for whose death its citizens are on occasions held to be collectively responsible. More recently it has been for cocaine. But in general it is for political disorder. Rebellion in the Veins demonstrates that behind the succession of coups lies an exceptional and coherent record of political struggle. The country's location at the heart of La...