About the Author

Geoffroy de Laforcade is associate professor of Latin American and Caribbean history at Norfolk State University, USA. He is coauthor of The How and Why of World History and coeditor of Transculturality and Perceptions of the Immigrant Other.

Kirwin Shaffer is associate professor of Latin American studies at Penn State University–Berks College, USA. He is the author of several books, including Anarchism and Countercultural Politics in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba.

Reviews

"A vivid picture of the transnational nature of the anarcho-syndicalist/anarchist movement."--Anarcho-Syndicalist Review

"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."--Choice