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Children of Cain : Violence and the Violent in Latin America by Tina Rosenberg (1992, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140172548
ISBN-139780140172546
eBay Product ID (ePID)53762
Product Key Features
Book TitleChildren of Cain : Violence and the Violent in Latin America
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
TopicSociology / General, Violence in Society, Latin America / General, Criminology
FeaturesReprint
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorTina Rosenberg
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"Rosenberg presents vivid portraits of the people 'who made cruelty possible' in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Peru. Through them she succeeds in making the grisly and fleeting headlines from those places understandable.' -- The New York Times Book Review "There is perhaps no more succinct and authoritative account of . . . pivotal events in recent Latin American history. There is certainly no better-written and more riveting account." -- The Washington Post Book World "Rosenberg . . . provides sharp analysis and history. . . . This is an important book. Rosenberg asks all sides for answers, ad braves real physical danger, and retains a healthy incredultiy and sense of humor." -- Newsday "It is Rosenberg's intelligent eye, her sense of the absurd, her unfailing courage and perseverance, and most important, her empathy and compassion that bring Children of Cain to life and start to lead North American readers down the hard path toward understanding Latin America." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review, "Rosenberg presents vivid portraits of the people 'who made cruelty possible' in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Peru. Through them she succeeds in making the grisly and fleeting headlines from those places understandable.' — The New York Times Book Review "There is perhaps no more succinct and authoritative account of . . . pivotal events in recent Latin American history. There is certainly no better-written and more riveting account." — The Washington Post Book World "Rosenberg . . . provides sharp analysis and history. . . . This is an important book. Rosenberg asks all sides for answers, ad braves real physical danger, and retains a healthy incredultiy and sense of humor." — Newsday "It is Rosenberg's intelligent eye, her sense of the absurd, her unfailing courage and perseverance, and most important, her empathy and compassion that bring Children of Cain to life and start to lead North American readers down the hard path toward understanding Latin America." — Los Angeles Times Book Review, "Rosenberg presents vivid portraits of the people ''who made cruelty possible'' in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Peru. Through them she succeeds in making the grisly and fleeting headlines from those places understandable.'' — The New York Times Book Review "There is perhaps no more succinct and authoritative account of . . . pivotal events in recent Latin American history. There is certainly no better-written and more riveting account." — The Washington Post Book World "Rosenberg . . . provides sharp analysis and history. . . . This is an important book. Rosenberg asks all sides for answers, ad braves real physical danger, and retains a healthy incredultiy and sense of humor." — Newsday "It is Rosenberg''s intelligent eye, her sense of the absurd, her unfailing courage and perseverance, and most important, her empathy and compassion that bring Children of Cain to life and start to lead North American readers down the hard path toward understanding Latin America." — Los Angeles Times Book Review
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal303.6/25/098
Edition DescriptionReprint
Table Of ContentChildren of CainIntroduction One: Quijote Two: The Good Sailor Three: Dialectic Four: The Laboratory Five: The Triumph Six: The Pig's Tail Selected Bibliography
SynopsisAn honest judge in Medellin, a Maoist guerilla of Peru's Shining Path, the fair-haired Angel of Death in Argentina's Dirty War, the pool-party rich of El Salvador, the disabused revolutionaries of Nicaragua, and the ordinary Chileans who became silent partners in Pinochet's dictatorship--these people live in Latin America, but their stories illuminate the human face of violence all over the world. Tina Rosenberg spent five years trying to understand their world and learning to live with these "children of Cain." Their stories are disturbing precisely because these people are not monsters; the faces in Children of Cain are not those of strangers.
LC Classification NumberHV6433.C6M437 1992
