Transnational Communism Across the Americas - 9780252045226

Transnational Communism Across the AmericasAuthor(s): Marc Becker, Margaret Power, Tony Wood, Jacob A. Zumoff, Marc Becker, Jacob Blanc, Tanya Harmer, Patricia Harms, Lazar Jeifets, Victor Jeifets\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252045226, 978-0252045226\nSynopsis\nTransnational Communism across the Americas offers an innovative approach to the study of Latin American communism. It convincingly illustrates that communist parties were both deeply rooted in their own local realities and maintained significant relationships with other communists across the region and around the world. The essays in this collection use a transnational lens to examine the relationships of the regions communist parties with each other, their international counterparts, and non-communist groups dedicated to anti-imperialism, womens rights, and other causes. Topics include the shifting relationship between Mexican f