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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... Male suffrage and constitutional guarantees for basic labor rights tipped the balance in favor of the poor. Competing political parties multiplied across the nation, guaranteeing the civic incorporation of middle- and working-class men ...
... male laborers. Alone among all the country's rural townships, Tiquisate had more men than women (about 3,000 more).18 UFCo owned over 180,000 acres in the township by the dawn of the revo- lution in 1944.19 For the workers, wages were ...
... male kin or employers . Their lack of legal protection was reinforced by interlocking tiers of male relatives , employers , their husbands ' employers , police , jailers , and rapacious authorities at every step in the system . The ...
... male privilege of violence against wives, girlfriends, female relatives, women rendered vulnerable by reason of their poverty or race, or women beyond the pale of “honor.” That Guatemala had its share of rapists and sociopaths is hardly ...
... males between eighteen and fifty were required to serve on the plantations and public works proj- ects . In the western highlands , the great majority of those affected were Indige- nous . This was the law abolished by the leaders of ...
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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 |
The Time of Freedom: Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October Revolution Cindy Forster Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 2001 |
The Time of Freedom: Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October Revolution Cindy Forster Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2001 |