The Latin American Left in the Twentieth Century

In: Latin American research review: LARR, Volume 59, Issue 2, p. 471-491

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Abstract

This essay reviews the following works:
La desmesura revolucionaria: Cultura y política en los orígenes del APRA. By Martín Bergel. Lima: La Siniestra Ensayos, 2019. Pp. 384 paperback. ISBN: 978-612-47812-4-7.
Mexico, 1968: Constellations of Freedom and Democracy. By Susana Draper. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018. Pp xvi + 251. $26.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781478002499.
El alborotador de Centroamérica: El Salvador frente al imperio. By Héctor Lindo Fuentes. San Salvador: UCA Editores, 2019. Pp xvi + 308. $15.00 paperback. ISBN: 9789996110603.
Uruguay, 1968: Student Activism from Global Counterculture to Molotov Cocktails. By Vania Markarian. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017. Pp xx + 230. $29.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780520290013.
Global 1968: Cultural Revolutions in Europe and Latin America. Edited by A. James Mcadams and Anthony P. Monta. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2021. Pp xvi + 517. $45.00 paperback. ISBN: 9780268200565.
The Rebel Scribe: Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to US Policy in Latin America. By Christopher Neal. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2022. Pp. vii + 390 $32.99 paperback. ISBN: 978-0761873105
Unintended Lessons of Revolution: Student Teachers and Political Radicalism in Twentieth-Century Mexico. By Tanalís Padilla. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2022. Pp. x + 376. $28.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781478014799.
Stories That Make History: Mexico through Elena Poniatowska'sCrónicas. By Lynn Stephen. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2021. Pp. viii + 328. $27.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781478014645.
This City Belongs to You: A History of Student Activism in Guatemala, 1944–1996. By Heather Vrana. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017. Pp xx + 325. $34.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780520292222.
Making the Revolution: Histories of the Latin American Left. By Kevin A. Young. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp xvii + 302. $29.24 paperback. ISBN: 9781108439251.