{"product_id":"bandits-and-liberals-rebels-and-saints-9781496229427","title":"Bandits and Liberals Rebels and Saints","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn seven substantial essays, previously unpublished, Alan Knight offers a distinct perspective on several overarching themes in Latin American history, spanning approximately two centuries, from 1800 to 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These essays have the power to surprise and entertain. Yet beyond the incisive insights, it is the theoretical digressions, the jaded take on academic fashions, the telling examples, and the sharp, witty asides that really push the compilation beyond the standard collection of essays. Such elements do not simply bolster the big ideas; they also add to the impression that when reading this book, you are sitting down at a table with a world expert not only in Latin American history but also in global history.”—Benjamin T. Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Back to Banditry\u003cbr\u003e 2. Toward an Explanation of Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Latin America\u003cbr\u003e 3. Religion and Conflict in Latin America, 1820–1930\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Little Divergence: Peru and Mexico Compared, 1780–1940\u003cbr\u003e 5. Informal Empire and Internal Colonialism in Latin America, 1820–1930\u003cbr\u003e 6. Hovering Dwarf: Britain and Latin American Revolutions in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e 7. Workers and Peasants, Liberals and Jacobins: The Mexican Revolution in Comparative Global Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409238565207,"sku":"9781496229427","price":69.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496229427.jpg?v=1730506093","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bandits-and-liberals-rebels-and-saints-9781496229427","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}