Revolutionary Horizons by Forrest Hylton

Revolutionary Horizons by Forrest Hylton

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Presenting a study of insurrection in Bolivia, this title traces the rise to power of Evo Morales' administration, whose announced goals are to end imperial domination and internal colonialism through nationalization of the country's oil and gas reserves, and to forge a system of political representation.

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Revolutionary Horizons by Forrest Hylton

In an age of military neoliberalism, social movements and center-Left coalition governments have advanced across South America, sparking hope for radical change in a period otherwise characterized by regressive imperial and anti-imperial politics. Nowhere do the limits and possibilities of popular advance stand out as they do in Bolivia, the most heavily indigenous country in the Americas. Revolutionary Horizons traces the rise to power of Evo Morales's new administration, whose announced goals are to end imperial domination and internal colonialism through nationalization of the country's oil and gas reserves, and to forge a new system of political representation. In doing so, Hylton and Thomson provide an excavation of Andean revolution, whose successive layers of historical sedimentation comprise the subsoil, loam, landscape, and vistas for current political struggles in Bolivia. Revolutionary Horizons offers a unique and timely window onto the challenges faced by Morales's government and by the South American continent alike.
"A brilliant navigation of a complex and tragic history"-Mike Davis "An exacting portrait of the face of American 'hard power' in the Andes, a must read for anyone interested in what awaits the rest of the world if Washington's power remains unchecked."-Greg Grandin, author of Empire's Workshop: Latin America, The United States and The Rise of the New Imperialism"
Forrest Hylton is a researcher in history at New York University. He is an editor of and contributor to Ya es otro tiempo el presente: Cuatro momentos de insurgencia indígena, 2nd edition, and the co-author, with Sinclair Thomson, of Revolutionary Horizons: Popular Struggle in Bolivia.
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ISBN 13 9781844670970
ISBN 10 184467097X
Title Revolutionary Horizons
Author Forrest Hylton
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Verso Books
Year published 2007-11-17
Number of pages 202
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