S Sandor John Bolivia's Radical Tradition sku-11564150

S Sandor John's Bolivia's Radical Tradition: Permanent Revolution in the Andes is a hardcover listed under Latin American History Books, SKU sku-11564150. In December 2005, after upheavals that overthrew two presidents in three years, peasant leader Evo Morales became the first Indian president in South American history.

John examines the social movements of poor, dispossessed and indigenous Bolivians and traces the country's distinctive radical tradition, including its persistent labor movement and Trotskyism. He asks why that movement took such deep root and what its history reveals about both the past fifty years and more recent events.

The book draws on archival research and interviews with labor, peasant and student activists, Chaco War veterans and political figures. It brings political, social and cultural history together to examine a part of Latin American radical history often overlooked.