Javier Barros Sierra, 1968

By Sonia Henriquez Urea de Hlito, Javier Barros Sierra

Subjects: Biography / Autobiography, History, Barros Sierra, Javier, Student movements, Interviews, Higher education and state, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Higher, General

Description: "Seventh edition of a work containing interviews of Javier Barros Sierra, a distinguished public servant and rector of the Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, conducted by Gaston García Cantú, a leading intellectual. Barros Sierra gives his views on the 1968 student strike and subsequent killing of students and bystanders by government officials in Mexico City. An essential source for understanding the complexities of the student movement"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.