The Dictator's Seduction : Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo /

The dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961, was one of the longest and bloodiest in Latin American history. The Dictator's Seduction is a cultural history of the Trujillo regime as it was experienced in the capital city of San...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Joseph, Gilbert M. (Editor), Derby, Lauren H. (authorhor.), Rosenberg, Emily S. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[sine loco] : Duke University Press, 2009.
Series:	American encounters/global interactions.
Subjects:	History. Histoire. history (discipline) Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. History / Latin America. History / Caribbean & West Indies. History Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The Dominican Belle E'poque, 1922
San Zenon and the making of Ciudad Trujillo
The master of ceremonies
Compatriotas! el jefe calls
Clothes make the man
Trujillo's two bodies
Papa Liborio and the morality of rule
Charisma and the gift of recognition.