In Defiance of Boundaries

Choice Outstanding Academic Title"e;State-of-the-art yet accessible analyses that significantly expand understanding of the role of anarchism in Latin America. . . . Will long be a standard text that provides [an] important reference for scholars and students of labor and social movement history."e;--Choice"e;A vivid picture of the transnational nature of the anarcho-syndicalist/anarchist movement."e;--Anarcho-Syndicalist Review"e;A pioneering collection of essays on the world of anarchists, anarcho-syndicalists and libertarian thinkers in Latin America."e;--Barry Carr, coeditor of The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire"e;An important contribution to a recent trend which sees anarchism not as derived from a European center but as a genuine Latin American phenomenon."e;--Bert Altena, coeditor of Reassessing the Transnational Turn: Scales of Analysis in Anarchist and Syndicalist Studies"e;Thoughtful, well-researched, and well-written. As a collection, this goes a long way to furthering our understanding not just of anarchism in Latin America, but of anarchism more generally."e;--Mark Leier, author of Bakunin: The Creative Passion.In this groundbreaking collection of essays, anarchism in Latin America becomes much more than a prelude to populist and socialist movements. The contributors illustrate a much more vast, differentiated, and active anarchist presence in the region that evolved on simultaneous--transnational, national, regional, and local--fronts.Representing a new wave of transnational scholarship, these essays examine urban and rural movements, indigenous resistance, race, gender, sexuality, and social and educational experimentation. They offer a variety of perspectives on anarchism s role in shaping ideas about nationalism, identity, organized labor, and counterculture across a wide swath of Latin America.