Tanya Harmer
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 535482 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Tanya Harmer |
| PRENOMES | Tanya |
| SOBRENOME | Harmer |
| ASSINATURA | HARMER T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4605-6547 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Thanks to Life
Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra. By Ericka Verba. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Photographs. Map. Figures. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xiv, 442 pp. Paper, $34.95
Refuge in Revolution
This article examines the refuge revolutionary Cuba offered to Chilean and Uruguayan exiles. Fleeing dictatorships during Latin America's Cold War, thousands arrived in, or passed through, Cuba. Cuba was a logical refuge, representing a revolution suffused with promises of solidarity, internationalism and socialist modernity. It was also conceived as a route of resistance and return. Centring the memories of former exiles, this article examines e…
Thinking through biography
This Afterword considers the articles in this special issue of Radical Americas . Reflecting on how a biographical lens can illuminate the past, it draws out some of the key findings of the special issue articles and interrogates their significance for understanding militancy in Latin America in the late twentieth century. Specifically, it explores what life histories can tell us about space and scale, and the opportunities and the costs of milit…
Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left
This volume showcases new research on the global reach of Latin American revolutionary movements during the height of the Cold War, mapping out the region’s little-known connections with Africa, Asia, and Europe. Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left offers insights into the effect of international collaboration on the identities, ideologies, strategies, and survival of organizers and groups. Featuring contributions from h…
Toward a Global History of Latin America's Revolutionary Left
Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left showcases new research on the global reach of Latin American revolutionary movements during the height of the Cold War, mapping out the region’s little-known connections with Africa, Asia, and Europe. The book offers insights into the effect of international collaboration on the identities, ideologies, strategies, and survival of organizers and groups. Featuring contributions from hist…
Fifty years after Popular Unity
In this article, the co-editors introduce key themes and contributions of this special issue of Radical Americas , particularly as they pertain to the 50th anniversary of Chile’s Popular Unity revolution (1970–3) and the more recent estallido social (social uprising), which began in Santiago de Chile in October 2019. They underline the historical context for contemporary events, arguing the need to recognise the influence, memory and significance…
Towards a global history of the Unidad Popular
Our understanding of the international and transnational history of Chile during the Unidad Popular (UP) government has expanded considerably since the early 2010s. But what has new research contributed to our understanding of events in Chile and Chile’s significance in a global context? Examining the historiographical advances and questions that have driven scholarship in recent years, this article argues that international and transnational stu…
I nternationalizing R evolution
This special issue traces its roots to a workshop on the international, transnational and global dimensions of the Nicaraguan Revolution held at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in May 2019. Convened by Dr. Eline van Ommen and Dr. Tanya Harmer, the editors of this special issue, the workshop was generously funded by the LSE Department of International History and the LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre. Most of the ar…
Latin America and the Global Cold War
If US foreign relations scholars once claimed the phrase “the US and the world” to describe the evolution of their field, it is now clear that historians invested in examining Latin America's international and transnational history have established “Latin America and the world” as a distinctive area of scholarship. Many pioneers of this new field, which expands and decenters our understanding of Latin Americans' global interactions, are to be fou…
Beatriz Allende
This biography of Beatriz Allende (1942–1977)—revolutionary doctor and daughter of Chile’s socialist president, Salvador Allende—portrays what it means to live, love, and fight for change. Inspired by the Cuban Revolution, Beatriz and her generation drove political campaigns, university reform, public health programs, internationalist guerrilla insurgencies, and government strategies. Centering Beatriz’s life within the global contours of the Col…
The “Cuban Question” and the Cold War in Latin America, 1959–1964
This article explains how Latin American governments responded to the Cuban revolution and how the “Cuban question” played out in the inter-American system in the first five years of Fidel Castro's regime, from 1959 to 1964, when the Organization of American States imposed sanctions against the island. Drawing on recently declassified sources from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, and the United States, the article complicates U.S.-centric accou…
Introduction
Introduction
Beyond the Eagle's Shadow
Garrard-Burnett, Virginia, Attwood Lawrence, Mark and Moreno, Julio E. (eds.) (2014) Beyond the Eagle's Shadow: New Histories of Latin America's Cold War, University of New Mexico Press ( Albuquerque, NM), viii + 341 pp. $55.00 hbk. This is an impressive edited volume that showcases some of the most innovative new research on Latin American history during the Cold War. As its editors acknowledge, it is not designed to offer an ‘exhaustive overvie…
The View from Havana
This article explores the history of Chilean exiles in Cuba and their role in early resistance to the Chilean dictatorship between 1973 and 1977. From the perspective of the Chilean exile-led Comité Chileno de Solidaridad con la Resistencia Antifascista in Havana, the essay also examines Cuba's support for resistance efforts. This involved not immediate training for armed insurgency in Chile but rather broader support for solidarity work. Indeed,…
The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War
One of the most pressing questions that historians of the Cold War in Latin America have to deal with is why the conflict was so violent. As they often point out, the Cold War in Latin America was
Fractious Allies
The Nixon and Ford administrations celebrated the 1973 Chilean coup and did everything they could to help the dictatorship that followed. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, in particular, supported General Augusto Pinochet’s regime and turned a blind eye to its human rights abuses. But how did the Chilean dictatorship view the United States and how did the relationship play out in practice? Drawing on Chilean and U.S. documents, this article arg…
Two, Three, Many Revolutions? Cuba and the Prospects for Revolutionary Change in Latin America, 1967-1975
Drawing on interviews, published sources and archival documents, this article examines Cuba's policy towards Latin America after Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's death. It argues that as a result of this event and other setbacks in the region, Cuba reconceptualised its priorities, de-emphasised armed revolution and embraced new revolutionary processes. The results were mixed. By the mid-1970s, Havana was more disillusioned about revolutionary prospects in…
Brazil's Cold War in the Southern Cone, 1970–1975
Brazil is traditionally regarded as having been distant from its Latin American neighbours. However, new documents show that it was actually very involved in the Cold War struggles that engulfed the Southern Cone during the early 1970s. In Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay, Brazil's military regime intervened to prevent or overturn left-wing gains. It also did its best to encourage the United States to play a greater role in fighting the region's Cold W…
Paulo Freire and the Cold War politics of literacy
Andrew Kirkendall, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2010, xvi+ 264 pp Andrew Kirkendall has written an impeccably researched and thoughtful book. As its title suggests, the focus is
Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War
Fidel Castro described Salvador Allende's democratic election as president of Chile in 1970 as the most important revolutionary triumph in Latin America after the Cuban revolution. Yet celebrations were short lived. In Washington, the Nixon administration vowed to destroy Allende's left-wing government while Chilean opposition forces mobilized against him. The result was a battle for Chile that ended in 1973 with a right-wing military coup and a …
Two, Three, Many Revolutions? Cuba and the Prospects for Revolutionary Change in Latin America, 1967-1975
Drawing on interviews, published sources and archival documents, this article examines Cuba's policy towards Latin America after Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's death. It argues that as a result of this event and other setbacks in the region, Cuba reconceptualised its priorities, de-emphasised armed revolution and embraced new revolutionary processes. The results were mixed. By the mid-1970s, Havana was more disillusioned about revolutionary prospects in…
Brazil's Cold War in the Southern Cone, 1970–1975
Brazil is traditionally regarded as having been distant from its Latin American neighbours. However, new documents show that it was actually very involved in the Cold War struggles that engulfed the Southern Cone during the early 1970s. In Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay, Brazil's military regime intervened to prevent or overturn left-wing gains. It also did its best to encourage the United States to play a greater role in fighting the region's Cold W…
The View from Havana
This article explores the history of Chilean exiles in Cuba and their role in early resistance to the Chilean dictatorship between 1973 and 1977. From the perspective of the Chilean exile-led Comité Chileno de Solidaridad con la Resistencia Antifascista in Havana, the essay also examines Cuba's support for resistance efforts. This involved not immediate training for armed insurgency in Chile but rather broader support for solidarity work. Indeed,…
The “Cuban Question” and the Cold War in Latin America, 1959–1964
This article explains how Latin American governments responded to the Cuban revolution and how the “Cuban question” played out in the inter-American system in the first five years of Fidel Castro's regime, from 1959 to 1964, when the Organization of American States imposed sanctions against the island. Drawing on recently declassified sources from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, and the United States, the article complicates U.S.-centric accou…
I nternationalizing R evolution
This special issue traces its roots to a workshop on the international, transnational and global dimensions of the Nicaraguan Revolution held at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in May 2019. Convened by Dr. Eline van Ommen and Dr. Tanya Harmer, the editors of this special issue, the workshop was generously funded by the LSE Department of International History and the LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre. Most of the ar…
The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War
One of the most pressing questions that historians of the Cold War in Latin America have to deal with is why the conflict was so violent. As they often point out, the Cold War in Latin America was
Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War
Fidel Castro described Salvador Allende's democratic election as president of Chile in 1970 as the most important revolutionary triumph in Latin America after the Cuban revolution. Yet celebrations were short lived. In Washington, the Nixon administration vowed to destroy Allende's left-wing government while Chilean opposition forces mobilized against him. The result was a battle for Chile that ended in 1973 with a right-wing military coup and a …
Brazil's Cold War in the Southern Cone, 1970–1975
Brazil is traditionally regarded as having been distant from its Latin American neighbours. However, new documents show that it was actually very involved in the Cold War struggles that engulfed the Southern Cone during the early 1970s. In Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay, Brazil's military regime intervened to prevent or overturn left-wing gains. It also did its best to encourage the United States to play a greater role in fighting the region's Cold W…
Paulo Freire and the Cold War politics of literacy
Andrew Kirkendall, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2010, xvi+ 264 pp Andrew Kirkendall has written an impeccably researched and thoughtful book. As its title suggests, the focus is
Fractious Allies
The Nixon and Ford administrations celebrated the 1973 Chilean coup and did everything they could to help the dictatorship that followed. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, in particular, supported General Augusto Pinochet’s regime and turned a blind eye to its human rights abuses. But how did the Chilean dictatorship view the United States and how did the relationship play out in practice? Drawing on Chilean and U.S. documents, this article arg…
Two, Three, Many Revolutions? Cuba and the Prospects for Revolutionary Change in Latin America, 1967-1975
Drawing on interviews, published sources and archival documents, this article examines Cuba's policy towards Latin America after Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's death. It argues that as a result of this event and other setbacks in the region, Cuba reconceptualised its priorities, de-emphasised armed revolution and embraced new revolutionary processes. The results were mixed. By the mid-1970s, Havana was more disillusioned about revolutionary prospects in…
The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War
One of the most pressing questions that historians of the Cold War in Latin America have to deal with is why the conflict was so violent. As they often point out, the Cold War in Latin America was
Beyond the Eagle's Shadow
Garrard-Burnett, Virginia, Attwood Lawrence, Mark and Moreno, Julio E. (eds.) (2014) Beyond the Eagle's Shadow: New Histories of Latin America's Cold War, University of New Mexico Press ( Albuquerque, NM), viii + 341 pp. $55.00 hbk. This is an impressive edited volume that showcases some of the most innovative new research on Latin American history during the Cold War. As its editors acknowledge, it is not designed to offer an ‘exhaustive overvie…
The View from Havana
This article explores the history of Chilean exiles in Cuba and their role in early resistance to the Chilean dictatorship between 1973 and 1977. From the perspective of the Chilean exile-led Comité Chileno de Solidaridad con la Resistencia Antifascista in Havana, the essay also examines Cuba's support for resistance efforts. This involved not immediate training for armed insurgency in Chile but rather broader support for solidarity work. Indeed,…
Introduction
Introduction
The “Cuban Question” and the Cold War in Latin America, 1959–1964
This article explains how Latin American governments responded to the Cuban revolution and how the “Cuban question” played out in the inter-American system in the first five years of Fidel Castro's regime, from 1959 to 1964, when the Organization of American States imposed sanctions against the island. Drawing on recently declassified sources from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, and the United States, the article complicates U.S.-centric accou…
Beatriz Allende
This biography of Beatriz Allende (1942–1977)—revolutionary doctor and daughter of Chile’s socialist president, Salvador Allende—portrays what it means to live, love, and fight for change. Inspired by the Cuban Revolution, Beatriz and her generation drove political campaigns, university reform, public health programs, internationalist guerrilla insurgencies, and government strategies. Centering Beatriz’s life within the global contours of the Col…
Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left
This volume showcases new research on the global reach of Latin American revolutionary movements during the height of the Cold War, mapping out the region’s little-known connections with Africa, Asia, and Europe. Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left offers insights into the effect of international collaboration on the identities, ideologies, strategies, and survival of organizers and groups. Featuring contributions from h…
Toward a Global History of Latin America's Revolutionary Left
Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left showcases new research on the global reach of Latin American revolutionary movements during the height of the Cold War, mapping out the region’s little-known connections with Africa, Asia, and Europe. The book offers insights into the effect of international collaboration on the identities, ideologies, strategies, and survival of organizers and groups. Featuring contributions from hist…
Fifty years after Popular Unity
In this article, the co-editors introduce key themes and contributions of this special issue of Radical Americas , particularly as they pertain to the 50th anniversary of Chile’s Popular Unity revolution (1970–3) and the more recent estallido social (social uprising), which began in Santiago de Chile in October 2019. They underline the historical context for contemporary events, arguing the need to recognise the influence, memory and significance…
Towards a global history of the Unidad Popular
Our understanding of the international and transnational history of Chile during the Unidad Popular (UP) government has expanded considerably since the early 2010s. But what has new research contributed to our understanding of events in Chile and Chile’s significance in a global context? Examining the historiographical advances and questions that have driven scholarship in recent years, this article argues that international and transnational stu…
I nternationalizing R evolution
This special issue traces its roots to a workshop on the international, transnational and global dimensions of the Nicaraguan Revolution held at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in May 2019. Convened by Dr. Eline van Ommen and Dr. Tanya Harmer, the editors of this special issue, the workshop was generously funded by the LSE Department of International History and the LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre. Most of the ar…
Latin America and the Global Cold War
If US foreign relations scholars once claimed the phrase “the US and the world” to describe the evolution of their field, it is now clear that historians invested in examining Latin America's international and transnational history have established “Latin America and the world” as a distinctive area of scholarship. Many pioneers of this new field, which expands and decenters our understanding of Latin Americans' global interactions, are to be fou…
Thinking through biography
This Afterword considers the articles in this special issue of Radical Americas . Reflecting on how a biographical lens can illuminate the past, it draws out some of the key findings of the special issue articles and interrogates their significance for understanding militancy in Latin America in the late twentieth century. Specifically, it explores what life histories can tell us about space and scale, and the opportunities and the costs of milit…
Refuge in Revolution
This article examines the refuge revolutionary Cuba offered to Chilean and Uruguayan exiles. Fleeing dictatorships during Latin America's Cold War, thousands arrived in, or passed through, Cuba. Cuba was a logical refuge, representing a revolution suffused with promises of solidarity, internationalism and socialist modernity. It was also conceived as a route of resistance and return. Centring the memories of former exiles, this article examines e…
Thanks to Life
Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra. By Ericka Verba. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Photographs. Map. Figures. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xiv, 442 pp. Paper, $34.95
Law (19 obras) · Political science (19 obras) · History (17 obras) · Politics (17 obras) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (14 obras) · Economic history (12 obras) · Latin Americans (11 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Cold war (8 obras) · Law (7 obras)