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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... campesinos were the most powerful organized force in the country. In the words of a banana worker, “I'll tell you this: the thing was good. The government under Arbenz wanted to help us, it wanted the poor to be free. They were giving ...
Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October Revolution Cindy Forster. however, President Arévalo preferred to channel ... campesinos the language of emancipation appears wherever the history of the October Revolution is investigated, from ...
... campesinos it meant a living wage, a shorter workday, more reasonable piece rates, and a deeply rooted preference for subsistence over plantation agriculture. Their actions carved out a revolutionary project that diverged from the urban ...
Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October Revolution Cindy Forster. tions in most national histories of Guatemala ... campesinos until 1952, with the exception of the United Fruit Company plantations. Again the local histories suggest ...
Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October Revolution Cindy Forster. loss of community land under new titling laws and the ... campesinos were spared the more vicious conflict over the peasant land base that affected sedentary Indigenous ...
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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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