Bread, justice, and liberty : grassroots activism and human rights in Pinochet's Chile

Bread, justice, and liberty : grassroots activism and human rights in Pinochet's Chile /

In Santiago's urban shantytowns, a searing history of poverty and Chilean state violence have prompted grassroots resistance movements among the poor and working class from the 1940s to the present. Underscoring this complex continuity, Alison J. Bruey offers a compelling history of the struggl...

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Main Author: Bruey, Alison J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]
Series:Critical human rights.
Subjects:
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto.
Protest movements > Chile > Santiago.
Political activists > Chile > Santiago.
Human rights workers > Chile > Santiago.
Government, Resistance to > Chile > Santiago.
Poor > Chile > Santiago.
Chile > History > 1973-1988.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Defying Dictatorship, Reclaiming Freedom
  • 1. La Legua, Villa Francia, and the Movimiento de Pobladores
  • 2. The Coup and the Past That Is Present
  • 3. The Economy of Terror, 1973-1978
  • 4. Solidarity and Resistance, 1973-1978
  • 5. Miracles, Mirages, and Mobilization, 1978-1982
  • 6. National Protest and Possibility, 1983-1990
  • Epilogue: And the Joy?

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