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

By Gonzalo Sánchez G. and Donny Meertens

Book Overview

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 th struggle. In fact, once the elite leadership settled on a power-sharing agreement in 1958, the conflict appeared to subside.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292777582
• ISBN13: 9780292777583
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"