title: Violence in Colombia (Latin American Silhouettes)
author: Charles W. Bergquist
description: 20th century; Colombia; History; History &amp; Theory; Latin America; Non-Fiction; Political Science; Social conditions; Social Science; South America; Violence; Violence in Society
zlib_text: A CENTURY  
  OF VIOLENCE  
  IN A RED CITY
  
  
  A CENTURY OF  
  VIOLENCE IN A
  
  RED  
  CITY
  
  Popular Struggle,  
  Counterinsurgency,  
  and Human Rights  
  in Colombia
  
  ** LESLEY GILL **
  
  ![](Image00000.jpg)
  
  **DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS**
  
  _Durham and London_ 2016
  
  
  © 2016 Duke University Press
  
  All rights reserved
  
  Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ![](Image00001.jpg)
  
  Designed by Amy Ruth Buchanan
  
  Typeset in Chaparral Pro and Franklin Gothic  
  by Tseng Information Systems, Inc.
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  Gill, Lesley, author.
  
  A century of violence in a red city : popular struggle, counterinsurgency, and
  human rights in Colombia / Lesley Gill.
  
  pages cm
  
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
  ISBN 978-0-8223-6029-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
  ISBN 978-0-8223-6060-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
  ISBN 978-0-8223-7470-1 (e-book)
  
  1\. Human rights—Colombia—History—20th century. 2. Working
  class—Colombia—History—20th century. 3. Labor
  disputes—Colombia—Ba