Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook151 pages3 hours
Roots of Revolution: The Press and Social Change in Latin America
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Rebels of the South! It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. —Inscription dated April 11, 1919, one day after the assassination of Emiliano Zapata, carved on a post at the Borda Garden in Cuernavaca, seen by Frank Tannenbaum in 1923. Peace by Revolution, An Interpretation of Mexico (New York, 1933), page179. Do not wear a shirt of eleven yards, for he who wants to be a Redeemer will be crucified. Guadalajara proverb, quoted in John Reed, Insurgent Mexico. 1914, page 78. Roots of Revolution focuses on the longstanding social and economic ills that caused society to disintegrate into violence during the classic social and economic Latin American revolutions of Mexico from 1910 to 1940, Bolivia since 1952, Cuba since 1959, and Nicaragua since 1979. Peaceful change eluded - temporarily at least - Chile, Argentina and Peru, and the future of Venezuela and other countries is undetermined. Considering the pervasive hunger and illiteracy in Latin America, as well as the inadequate or non-existent medical and educational systems, it is surprising to note that there have only been four classic revolutions with profound social and economic restructuring of society. Based upon the author's firsthand knowledge as a journalist focused on Latin America, this book is designed to give the latest information, historical or present, on such revolutions. The human element is emphasized, including that of the author, but these comments are clearly separated from the body of the work.
Related to Roots of Revolution
Related ebooks
We Have All Been the "Others": Reflections of a First Generation's Daughter on Belonging, Democracy, and a New American Dream The Aesthetics of LeRoi Jones / Amiri Baraka: The Rebel Poet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack, White, and in Color: Television and Black Civil Rights Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Negro Problem Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCarry Your Own Guitar: From Abandoned Child to Legendary Musician - the True Story of Bill Aken Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Essay On What They Call Us Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAssassination Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNew Orleans As It Was: Episodes of Louisiana Life [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPaul Robeson: A Watched Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Collected Poems of Lorenzo Thomas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorks of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe American Home Front: Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I and World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBrides of Christ: Conventual Life in Colonial Mexico Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBefore Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSlavery and the Culture of Taste Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Scattered Family: Parenting, African Migrants, and Global Inequality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Ian Haney Lopez's Dog Whistle Politics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsParis, Capital of the Black Atlantic: Literature, Modernity, and Diaspora Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Amiri Baraka's "The Baptism" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFree and French in the Caribbean: Toussaint Louverture, Aimé Césaire, and Narratives of Loyal Opposition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChallenges of Diversity: Essays on America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClaiming America Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Detroit: Race and Uneven Development Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDiplomacy and Indian Gifts: Anglo-French Rivalry Along the Ohio and Northwest Frontiers, 1748-1763 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Dear Boy: Carrie Hughes's Letters to Langston Hughes, 1926–1938 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWashington, D.C. Protests: Scenes from Home Rule to the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFinal Solutions: Human Nature, Capitalism and Genocide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Slave Sublime: The Language of Violence in Caribbean Literature and Music Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
International Relations For You
On War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inside the CIA Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Beirut to Jerusalem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Palestine Peace Not Apartheid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5New Cold Wars: China’s rise, Russia’s invasion, and America’s struggle to defend the West Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Checklist to End Tyranny: How Dissidents Will Win 21st Century Civil Resistance Campaigns Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Punishment of Gaza Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"You Lie!": The Evasions, Omissions, Fabrications, Frauds and Outright Falsehoods of Barack Obama Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Abolitionist Newspapers: The episode considers the role of abolitionist newspapers in graphic design history. 0% found this document useful1094 Historical Rabbit Holes Pt. 1 0% found this document usefulThe Mexican Revolution: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mexican Revolution of 1910. 0% found this document usefulThe Mexican Revolution: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mexican Revolution of 1910. 0% found this document usefulBe it Resolved, the British Empire did more harm than good 0% found this document usefulDavid Leonhardt's book joins a chorus of warnings for the Democrats 0% found this document usefulFour Deaths That Shaped Modern American History 0% found this document useful109: What a Drag Part 2 0% found this document usefulWill Mari, "The American Newsroom: A History, 1920-1960" (U Missouri Press, 2021): An interview with Will Mari 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Melina Matsoukas’s Unflinching Eye The AtlanticUNLIMITED
Melina Matsoukas’s Unflinching Eye
Nov 9, 2019
8 min readMaking Worlds ApertureUNLIMITED
Making Worlds
Dec 7, 2021
10 min readObjects and Ornaments ArtAsiaPacificUNLIMITED
Objects and Ornaments
May 1, 2019
6 min readThe Hidden Legacy Of The Pointer Sisters, Genre-Busting Pioneers Of Message Music NPRUNLIMITED
The Hidden Legacy Of The Pointer Sisters, Genre-Busting Pioneers Of Message Music
Feb 10, 2021
19 min readJean Depara Night Revels of Kinshasa ApertureUNLIMITED
Jean Depara Night Revels of Kinshasa
Mar 8, 2022
2 min read'Citizen Kane' at 70: The Legacy of the Film and Its Director The AtlanticUNLIMITED
'Citizen Kane' at 70: The Legacy of the Film and Its Director
May 3, 2011
7 min readThe Spirit of Hawai‘i OUTUNLIMITED
The Spirit of Hawai‘i
Mar 21, 2023
5 min readCorporate Rock Sucks ReasonUNLIMITED
Corporate Rock Sucks
Sep 15, 2022
Early punk musicians almost universally relied on entrepreneurs, however seat-of-theirpants and undercapitalized, to manufacture and distribute their recordings. For bands with the kind of uncompromising aesthetic that made big entertainment corporat
1 min readHow Hate Groups’ Secret Sound System Works The AtlanticUNLIMITED
How Hate Groups’ Secret Sound System Works
Mar 17, 2019
4 min readGirls Captured By Boko Haram Brought Into Focus In 'Beneath The Tamarind Tree' NPRUNLIMITED
Girls Captured By Boko Haram Brought Into Focus In 'Beneath The Tamarind Tree'
Jul 10, 2019
Former CNN journalist Isha Sesay argues that the Nigerian government, the media, and the public have failed the 276 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group five years ago.
3 min readNative America ApertureUNLIMITED
Native America
Sep 8, 2020
2 min readGeorge Walker BBC Music MagazineUNLIMITED
George Walker
Jun 14, 2022
6 min readNicole R. Fleetwood ApertureUNLIMITED
Nicole R. Fleetwood
Dec 8, 2020
3 min readTina Campt ApertureUNLIMITED
Tina Campt
Dec 7, 2021
A writer and theorist of visual culture and the Black diaspora, Tina Campt has long been attuned to the profound possibilities of archive building. In her thought-provoking books, Campt narrates new, or newly revealed, artistic lineages from vernacul
3 min readEverything You Wanted To Know About The Roaring Twenties History RevealedUNLIMITED
Everything You Wanted To Know About The Roaring Twenties
Feb 16, 2023
6 min readMeet The Expert History RevealedUNLIMITED
Meet The Expert
Feb 16, 2023
SARAH CHURCHWELL is a professor of American literature and chair of public understanding of the humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is the author of numerous books on US history, including Behold, America: A History
2 min read‘Somebody Has To Keep People On Their Toes’ High Country NewsUNLIMITED
‘Somebody Has To Keep People On Their Toes’
Sep 1, 2020
18 min readFour Centuries of Black Economic Progress in America: Ideological Posturing versus Empirical Realities The Independent ReviewUNLIMITED
Four Centuries of Black Economic Progress in America: Ideological Posturing versus Empirical Realities
Sep 4, 2021
30 min readThe Revolution Is Under Way Already The AtlanticUNLIMITED
The Revolution Is Under Way Already
Apr 5, 2020
6 min readAmerica’s Second Sin TIMEUNLIMITED
America’s Second Sin
Apr 15, 2019
7 min readPlundered: An Introductory Excerpt from McSweeney’s #65 The MillionsUNLIMITED
Plundered: An Introductory Excerpt from McSweeney’s #65
Jan 5, 2022
Our goal in selecting texts from across this vast expanse and uniting them under this rubric is to reclaim and redistribute the name America, fraught provenance and all, and to assert the plurality contained within its singular as a constellation rat
9 min readThe Truths of Our American Empire The New York Review of Books MagazineUNLIMITED
The Truths of Our American Empire
Mar 29, 2024
17 min readMapping The State Of The Union The AtlanticUNLIMITED
Mapping The State Of The Union
Jan 18, 2015
3 min readHow The American Dream Convinces People Loneliness Is Normal AppleMagazineUNLIMITED
How The American Dream Convinces People Loneliness Is Normal
May 19, 2023
4 min readHow The American Dream Convinces People Loneliness Is Normal TechLife NewsUNLIMITED
How The American Dream Convinces People Loneliness Is Normal
May 20, 2023
4 min readGuiteau Just Wanted Love American HistoryUNLIMITED
Guiteau Just Wanted Love
May 16, 2023
13 min readMichael Wood On… BBC History MagazineUNLIMITED
Michael Wood On…
Jul 9, 2020
Watching the Black Lives Matter movement unfolding in the States takes me back to the turbulent days of 1968, the assassination of Martin Luther King and the demonstrations that led up to Richard Nixon’s election as US president. I was a student then
3 min readGuardians Of Our Culture The Critic MagazineUNLIMITED
Guardians Of Our Culture
Jun 30, 2022
THE DEATH OF MIDGE DECTER, at the age of 94, marks the passing of a golden age of intellectual journalism. Having witnessed all the vicissitudes of the American century from Pearl Harbor to 9/11, and challenged progressive orthodoxies from Lyndon Joh
8 min read1960s TIMEUNLIMITED
1960s
Mar 6, 2020
8 min readIs the American Idea Doomed? The AtlanticUNLIMITED
Is the American Idea Doomed?
Oct 10, 2017
7 min read
Reviews for Roots of Revolution
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Roots of Revolution - Jerry W. Knudson
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1