In Defiance of Boundaries: Anarchism in Latin American History

Book Overview

Choice Outstanding Academic Title "A pioneering collection of essays on the world of anarchists, anarcho-syndicalists and libertarian thinkers in Latin America."--Barry Carr, coeditor of The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire

"An important contribution to a recent trend which sees anarchism not as derived from a European center but as a genuine Latin American phenomenon."--Bert Altena, coeditor of Reassessing the Transnational Turn: Scales of Analysis in Anarchist and Syndicalist Studies

"Thoughtful, well-researched, and well-written. As a collection, this goes a long way to furthering our understanding not just of anarchism in Latin America, but of anarchism more generally."--Mark Leier, author of Bakunin: The Creative Passion.

In this groundbreaking collection of essays, anarchism in Latin America becomes much more than a prelude to populist and socialist movements. The contributors illustrate a much more vast, differentiated, and active anarchist presence in the region that evolved on simultaneous--transnational, national, regional, and local--fronts.

Representing a new wave of transnational scholarship, these essays examine urban and rural movements, indigenous resistance, race, gender, sexuality, and social and educational experimentation. They offer a variety of perspectives on anarchism's role in shaping ideas about nationalism, identity, organized labor, and counterculture across a wide swath of Latin America.
Contributors: James Baer Raymond Craib Evan Matthew Daniel David D az-Arias Shawn England Laura Fern ndez Cordero Steven J. Hirsch Geoffroy de Laforcade Beatriz Ana Loner Jos C. Moya Lars Peterson Anton Rosenthal Kirwin Shaffer

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813064546
• ISBN13: 9780813064543
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"