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We Created Chávez: A People´s History of the Venezuelan Revolution
Geo Maher
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Paperback. In We Created Chvez, by examining social movements and revolutionary groups active before and during the Chvez era, Ciccariello-Maher provides a broad, nuanced account of Chvezs rise to power and the years of activism that preceded it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chávez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela and, more broadly, anticapitalist revolution. George Ciccariello-Maher contends that this focus on Chávez has obscured the inner dynamics and historical development of the country’s Bolivarian Revolution. In We Created Chávez, by examining social movements and revolutionary groups active before and during the Chávez era, Ciccariello-Maher provides a broader, more nuanced account of Chávez’s rise to power and the years of activism that preceded it.
Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chávez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela and, more broadly, anticapitalist revolution. George Ciccariello-Maher contends that this focus on Chávez has obscured the inner dynamics and historical development of the country’s Bolivarian Revolution. In We Created Chávez, by examining social movements and revolutionary groups active before and during the Chávez era, Ciccariello-Maher provides a broader, more nuanced account of Chávez’s rise to power and the years of activism that preceded it.
Based on interviews with grassroots organizers, former guerrillas, members of neighborhood militias, and government officials, Ciccariello-Maher presents a new history of Venezuelan ... Read more
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Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822354529
SKU
V9780822354529
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About Geo Maher
George Ciccariello-Maher is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Drexel University.
Reviews for We Created Chávez: A People´s History of the Venezuelan Revolution
"We Created Chávez provides a systematic, bottom-up approach to Venezuelan politics from 1958 to the present. It offers a much-needed new perspective on Hugo Chávez's rise to power. Writing in a lively style and demonstrating a thorough command of the issues and personalities in recent Venezuelan history, George Ciccariello-Maher has produced a book essential to understanding the phenomenon of 'Chavismo,' ... Read more