Journey to Indo-América

GenevieÌve Dorais is Professor of Latin American history at the Universiteì du Queìbec aÌ Montreìal (UQÀM). She is engaged in research projects exploring the involvement of non-state actors in solidarity networks in the Americas.

• Introduction; 1. Crisis and regeneration: Peruvian students and Christian pacifists, 1918–1925; 2. Coming of age in exile: Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre and the genesis of APRA, 1923–1931; 3. 'Lo que escribo lo he visto con mis propios ojos': Travels and foreign contacts as regime of authority, 1928–1931; 4. Life and freedom for Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre: Surviving chaos in the Peruvian APRA Party, 1932–1933; 5. Transnational solidarity networks in the era of the catacombs, 1933–1939; 6. Indo-América looks north: Foreign allies and the inter-American community, 1933–1945; Conclusion.

'In this engaging and well-researched book, Geneviève Dorais shows convincingly that we need to broaden our scope beyond the national, as well as beyond hagiographic and demonising narratives, if we are to understand the history of APRA, one of Latin America's most important political movements.' Paulo Drinot, Professor of Latin American History, University College London