Hugo Chavez - Socialist for the Twenty-First Century

Dramatic and intimate biography traces Chavez's life from an impoverished rural family to the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas.

List of contents

Glossary Timeline Epigraph Introduction: A man for difficult times 1: The plainsman 2: The dream of Simon Bolivar 3: From insurrection to election 4: Episodes in the class war 5: The Bolivarian revolution advances 6: The contradictions of 21st century socialism 7: The legacy of Hugo Chavez Notes Index

About the author

Mike Gonzalez is Emeritus Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of The Ebb of the Pink Tide (Pluto, 2018) The Last Drop: The Politics of Water (Pluto, 2015) and Hugo Chavez: Socialist for the Twenty-first Century (Pluto, 2014). He is co-editor of Arms and the People (Pluto, 2012).

Summary

The first biography published after Chavez's death, tracing his life from a poor rural family to the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Gonzalez
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2014
• EAN: 9780745334653
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3465-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Revolutionary Lives; Revolutionary Lives
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Venezuela, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, North America, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, International Relations, Politics & government, Politics and government, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Biography: historical, political and military