Beatriz Allende : a revolutionary life in cold war Latin America /

This biography of Beatriz Allende (1942-1977), revolutionary doctor and daughter of Chile's socialist president, Salvador Allende, portrays what it means to live, love and fight for change. Inspired by the Cuban Revolution, Beatriz and her generation drove political campaigns, university reform...

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Main Author:	Harmer, Tanya (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Allende, Beatriz. Socialists > Chile > Biography. Revolutionaries > Latin America > Biography. Exiles > Cuba > Biography. Suicide victims > Biography.

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Summary:	This biography of Beatriz Allende (1942-1977), revolutionary doctor and daughter of Chile's socialist president, Salvador Allende, portrays what it means to live, love and fight for change. Inspired by the Cuban Revolution, Beatriz and her generation drove political campaigns, university reform, public health programs, internationalist guerrilla insurgencies and government strategies. Centering Beatriz's life within the global contours of the Cold War era, Tanya Harmer exposes the promises and paradoxes of the revolutionary wave that swept through Latin America in the long 1960s.
Physical Description:	370 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781469654294 1469654296