Awards

• Winner of Bryce Wood Book Award 2011

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Author:   Jody Pavilack (Assistant Professor , University of Montana)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780271037707

ISBN 10:   0271037709
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   15 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Preface: Beginning at the End Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Communists, Coal Miners, and Chilean Democracy Part I Hopes and Promises 1. From Soldiers of Revolution to Citizen Workers 2. Challenging Exclusion: The Birth of the Popular Front in the Coal Region 3. From Tremors to Quakes: The Popular Front Wins the Presidency in 1938 Part II Collaboration and Conflict 4. Workers Contend with the Companies and the Popular Front Government, 1940–1942 5. “With a Bullet in His Heart and the Chilean Flag in His Hand”: Police Shootings in Lota, October 1942 6. “Soldiers of Democracy”: Collaboration and Conflict During World War II 7. General Strikes and States of Siege: Polarization in the Postwar Transition Part III Rupture and Betrayal 8. “The People Call You Gabriel”: Communist-Backed González Videla Reaches the Presidential Palace 9. The Great Betrayal: González Videla and the Coal Miners’ Strike of October 1947 10. Democracy Under Siege: González Videla’s “Damned Law,” Internment Camps, and Mass Deportations Conclusion: Coalition Politics in the History of Chilean Democracy Bibliography Index

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[Jody Pavilack] does an excellent job of summarizing Chilean politics from the 1920s through the 1940s. Michael Monteon, The Americas

[Jody Pavilack] does an excellent job of summarizing Chilean politics from the 1920s through the 1940s. --Michael MonteOn, The Americas

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Jody Pavilack is Associate Professor of History at the University of Montana.

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