{"product_id":"blood-and-fire-la-violencia-in-antioquia-colombia-1946-1953-paperback","title":"Blood and Fire: La Violencia in Antioquia, Colombia, 1946-1953 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Roldán\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1946 and 1966a surge of violence in Colombia left 200,000 dead in one of the worst conflicts the western hemisphere has ever experienced. the first seven years of this little-studied period of terror, known as \u003ci\u003ela Violencia\u003c\/i\u003e, is the subject of \u003ci\u003eBlood and Fire.\u003c\/i\u003e Scholars have traditionally assumed that partisan politics drove \u003ci\u003eLa Violencia\u003c\/i\u003e, but Mary Roldán challenges earlier assessments by providing a nuanced account of the political and cultural motives behind the fratricide. Although the author acknowledges that partisan animosities played an important role in the disintegration of peaceful discourse into violence, she argues that conventional political conflicts were intensified by other concerns.\u003cbr\u003eThrough an analysis of the evolution of violence in Antioquia, which at the time was the wealthiest and most economically diverse region of Colombia, Roldán demonstrates how tensions between regional politicians and the weak central state, diverse forms of social prejudice, and processes of economic development combined to make violence a preferred mode of political action. Privatization of state violence into paramilitary units and the emergence of armed resistance movements exacted a horrible cost on Colombian civic life, and these processes continue to plague the country.\u003cbr\u003eRoldan's reading of the historical events suggests that Antioquia's experience of \u003ci\u003ela Violencia\u003c\/i\u003e was the culmination of a brand of internal colonialism in which regional identity formation based on assumptions of cultural superiority was used to justify violence against racial or ethnic \"others\" and as a pretext to seize land and natural resources. \u003ci\u003eBlood and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that, far from being a peculiarity of the Colombians, \u003ci\u003ela Violencia\u003c\/i\u003e was a logical product of capitalist development and state formation in the modern world.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first study to analyze intersections of ethnicity, geography, and class to explore the genesis of Colombian violence, and it has implications for the study of repression in many other nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis marvelous book makes important contributions in multiple ways. Beyond her nuanced analysis of the la Violencia\" and of sociopolitical values and ethnic\/racial attitudes in Antioquia, Roldan illuminates important features of the political system. Her work, already influential among scholars working on twentieth-century Colombia, fortunately will now be available to a wider audience.\"--Frank Safford, author of \"Colombia: Fragmented Land, Divided Society \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Roldan is Associate Professor of Latin American History at Cornell University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 9.26 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637954277683,"sku":"9780822329183","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/uArrO7KVxZ9780822329183.webp?v=1762304142","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/blood-and-fire-la-violencia-in-antioquia-colombia-1946-1953-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}