The Zapatista reader

The Zapatista reader / edited by Tom Hayden - New York : Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books , c2002. - vii, 503 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-491).

The Indian peasant revolt that has been called the world's first "post-communist rebellion" broke out in Chiapas, Mexico, in 1994<-->the year NAFTA went into effect<-->led by the masked Subcomandante Marcos. Through Marcos's words as well as essays and interviews by well-known novelists and journalists (Octavio Paz, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Alma Guillermoprieto), this reader documents the Zapatista movement's effects on politicians, thinkers, and writers in Mexico and elsewhere. The work includes a historical timeline from the 16th century on, but no subject index.

9781560253358

2001043157


Marcos , subcomandante


Ejarcito Zapatistade Liberacian Nacional (Mexico)


Guerrillas---Mexico---Chiapas


Chiapas (Mexico)---History---Peasant uprising---1994-
Mexico----Politics and government----1988-2000

F1256 / .Z269 2002

LAS 972.75 ZAP

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