To Rise in Darkness

by Gould, Jeffrey L.; Lauria-Santiago, Aldo

• ISBN13: 9780822342076
• ISBN10: 0822342073
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

""To Rise in Darkness "tells the story of the 1932 Communist-led uprising in El Salvador and the violent repression that followed, one of the most consequential events in Latin American history. As a prelude to the widespread terror that would sweep throughout Central America during the Cold War, this killing is beginning to receive scholarly attention, yet "To Rise in Darkness "will be the touchstone for future discussion of the 1932 revolt and massacre. Based on painstaking research and exhibiting a sharp conceptual focus, this book will influence scholarship on the relationship between political mobilization, ideology, and violence for years to come."--Greg Grandin, author of "The Blood of Guatemala: A History of Race and Nation"

Author Biography

Aldo Lauria-Santiago is an associate professor in the department of history and chair of Latin and Hispanic Caribbean studies at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Garden of Despair: the Political Economy of Class, Land, and Labor, 1920-1929	p. 1
A Bittersweet Transition: Politics and Labor in the 1920s	p. 32
Fiestas of the Oppressed: The Social Geography and Culture of Mobilization	p. 63
"Ese Trabajo Era Enteramente de los Naturales": Ethnic Conflict and Mestizaje in Western Salvador, 1914-1931	p. 99
"To the Face of the Entire World": Repression and Radicalization, September 1931-January 1932	p. 132
Red Ribbons and Machetes: The Insurrection of January 1932	p. 170
"They Killed the Just for the Sinners": The Counterrevolutionary Massacres	p. 209
Memories of La Matanza: The Political and Cultural Consequences of 1932	p. 240
Epilogue	p. 275
Afterword	p. 281
Notes	p. 291
Bibliography	p. 343
Index	p. 355
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