This City Belongs to You

A History of Student Activism in Guatemala, 1944-1996

AvHeather A. Vrana

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Between 1944 and 1996, Guatemala experienced a revolution, counterrevolution, and civil war. Playing a pivotal role within these national shifts were students from Guatemala's only public university, the University of San Carlos (USAC). USAC students served in, advised, protested, and were later persecuted by the government, all while crafting a powerful student nationalism. In no other moment in Guatemalan history has the relationship between the university and the state been so mutable, yet so mutually formative. By showing how the very notion of the middle class in Guatemala emerged from these student movements, this book places an often-marginalized region and period at the center of histories of class, protest, and youth movements and provides an entirely new way to think about the role of universities and student bodies in the formation of liberal democracy throughout Latin America.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-07-03
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520292222

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Heather Vrana is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Florida and the editor of Anti-Colonial Texts from Central American Student Movements 1929-1983.

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"This City Belongs to You deserves attention from a broad audience.... This book shows that it some ways, Guatemala City was ahead of the curve of world events like the student protests of 1968, forcing us to reconsider some well-established narratives about who and what inspired the radical movements of the 1960s. Guatemala and its capital city have a lot to tell us about the forces that have shaped the contemporary world.... It is a history relevant to us all."

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List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: “Do Not Mess with Us!”1 • The Republic of Students, 1942–19522 • Showcase for Democracy, 1953–19573 • A Manner of Feeling, 1958–19624 • Go Forth and Teach All, 1963–19775 • Combatants for the Common Cause, 1976–19786 • Student Nationalism without a Government, 1977–1980Coda: “Ahí van los estudiantes!” 1980–PresentNotesBibliographyIndex