Acknowledgments
Introduction: Intellectuals of the Resistance
Chapter One: Dreaming of Reform
Chapter Two: University Apostles
Chapter Three: Peasant Intellectuals in Chalatenango
Chapter Four: La Masacuata's War
Chapter Five: The Making of the Internal Enemy
Chapter Six: Insurgent Intellectuals
Chapter Seven: Crisis and Rural Insurgency
Conclusion: From Resistance to War
Acronyms
Diagrams
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Joaquín M. Chávez is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
"This book greatly enriches our understanding of the cultural roots
of revolution in El Salvador and elsewhere in Latin
America."--Roger Atwood, Times Literary Supplement
"The author provides a model for understanding the intersection of
'old' and 'new' Lefts in building a powerful revolutionary movement
that scholars elsewhere will want to emulate. This is a key work
for understanding the origins and evolution of one of Latin
America's best-organized social movements."--M. Becker, CHOICE
"This remarkable book addresses the puzzling origins of the civil
war in El Salvador. ...The literature has documented aspects of the
mobilisation....Yet no one has analysed precisely why and how
collective action continued despite sharply increasing violence,
and why and how it evolved from mass mobilisation by diverse social
sectors in the streets of major cities to armed rural
insurgency....Chávez shows that the crucial link is an adequate
accounting
of the emergence of popular intellectuals (particularly, peasant
intellectuals) in the ferment of the 1960s and 1970s....The book--a
compelling mix of intellectual and social history--is an important
work
that deepens our understanding of one of the paradigmatic civil
wars in Latin America."--Elisabeth Jean Wood, English Historical
Review
"A superb work of historical scholarship. Through solid research
and styled prose, Chávez has constructed an intricate and absorbing
chronicle that acknowledges the contributions of multiple different
leaders of the Salvadoran social and revolutionary movements.
Accessible to a wide audience, it will resonate especially deeply
with scholars and students interested in grassroots histories of
the conflictive Cold War era."--Molly Todd, American Historical
Review
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