The Time of Freedom: Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October RevolutionUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, 4 Νοε 2001 - 287 σελίδες "The time of freedom" was the name that plantation workers--campesinos--gave to Guatemala's national revolution of 1944-1954. Cindy Forster reveals the critical role played by the poor in organizing and sustaining this period of reform. |
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... Arturo Taracena Arriola , who offered his vast knowledge of Guate- malan history ; the many scholars at conferences over the years who have kindly and generously challenged my thinking (and whom I have thanked ix Acknowledgments.
... Guate- mala . At the far north is the rain forest , called the Petén , which functions as a seed nursery for the Americas . Hunting - and - gathering peoples took advantage of this exceptional biodiversity to re- orient their lives ...
... Guate- mala exerted all their cunning and prestige to secure their heirs' rights to en- comiendas, or grants of Indigenous land and labor.4 Royal oversight of rapacious landowners required the presence of a bureaucracy, with ...
... Guate- malan xenophobia because, they said, Guatemalans in El Salvador were welcome to live and work as they pleased and filled many of the most prestigious government positions.52 White U.S. and northern European citizens were absent ...
... Guate- mala, which are now experiencing the disintegration of community leadership and at least the partial loss of language and Indigenous dress that swept lowland San Marcos some fifty years ago under the influence of national ...
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3 Birth of the Revolution | 74 |
4 Banana Workers and the United Fruit Company in Tiquisate | 117 |
5 Agrarian Radicalism in San Marcos 19441952 | 138 |
6 Local Struggles and Land Reform | 177 |
7 Elite Backlash and Revenge | 197 |
Interview with Three Coffee Workers | 223 |
Interview with Woman in the Struggle for Land | 225 |
List of Interviews | 227 |
Notes | 231 |
Works Cited | 271 |
Index | 279 |
Back Cover | 288 |
Conclusion | 214 |
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The Time of Freedom: Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October Revolution Cindy Forster Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 2001 |
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