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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... Mexicans followed the revolutionary process most closely, since they had given refuge to so many Guatemalan intellectuals and organizers over the decades of dictatorship. The leaders of the Guatemalan revolution—like the moderate ...
... the diplomatic sources, whether U.S. or Mexican, insofar as most embassy officials failed to recognize the political agency of lower-class actors.10 Elite historical sources offer an exceedingly fragile foundation 10 Introduction.
... Mexican creoles, who were eager to preserve the status quo. Minor disturbances shook Totonicapán in 1820, when people protested the reinstitution of the tribute and tried to promote Indigenous sovereignty, without success. A brief ...
... Mexican government had by then passed into the hands of Benito Juárez, so Guatemalan Liberals found the Mexicans ready allies). By 1871 the Liberals had solidified their support. They entered the capital victoriously after just three ...
... Mexican border and continues into El Salvador. The nearly perfect cone of the volcano Atitlán commands the sierra north of Tiquisate, while to the east, the cones of Acatenango, Fuego, and Agua tower more than 12,000 feet above the ...
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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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