Bandits, Peasants, and Politics: The Case of "La Violencia" in Colombia

by Gonzalo Sánchez G. and Donny Meertens

The years 1945-1965 saw heavy partisan conflict in the rural areas of Colombia, with at least 200,000 people killed. This virtual civil war began as a sectarian conflict between the Liberal and Conservative parties, with rural workers (campesinos) constituting the majority of combatants and casualties. Yet La Violencia resists classification as a social uprising, since calls for social reform were largely absent during this phase of the struggle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292777574
• ISBN13: 9780292777576
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"