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Fighting to learn : popular education and guerrilla war in El Salvador

Title: Fighting to learn : popular education and guerrilla war in El Salvador / John L. Hammond.
Author: Hammond, John L.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1998.

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Description

xiii, 253 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

"Popular education played a vital role in the twelve-year guerrilla war against the Salvadoran government. Fighting to Learn is a study of its pedagogy and politics." "Hammond interviewed more than 100 Salvadoran students and teachers. He recounts their experiences in their own words, vividly conveying how they coped with the hardships of war and organized civilian communities politically to support a guerrilla insurgency. Fighting to Learn tells how poorly educated peasants overcame their sense of inferiority to discover that they could teach each other and work together in a common struggle. It offers both a detailed account of the practice of popular education and a broad theoretical discussion of the relationship between education, community organizing, and the political process."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and indexes.

Contents

Map of El Salvador -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Christian Origins of Revolt -- 3. Learning on the Front Lines -- 4. Protected Spaces: Refugee Camps and Prisons -- 5. School and Community -- 6. The Classroom -- 7. Teacher Training -- 8. Popular Education in Practice and Theory -- 9. The View from City University.

ISBN

081352525X
9780813525259
0813525268
9780813525266

LCCN

97043068

OCLC

ocm37806215
37806215
SCSB-8908802

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library