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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... took time from their human rights work; and all the students over the years who have challenged me to deeper analyses and shared their friendship and insights, especially Tanalís Padilla, Layla Welborn, Suyapa Portillo, and Denise ...
... took root among a people who for centuries had been divided by deep fissures of race and class. In 1951 the popular classes gave a landslide presidential victory to Jacobo Arbenz because he promised land reform. Arbenz gave full compass ...
... took contrary paths in Tiquisate and San Marcos, unions emerged in both regions as the single most powerful vehicle for collective action at the local level. At the time, events in Guatemala were watched with fascination by ...
... took place among campesinos until 1952, with the exception of the United Fruit Company plantations. Again the local histories suggest otherwise, so the analysis below runs counter to received wisdom. In the larger literature on social ...
... took advantage of this exceptional biodiversity to re- orient their lives around maize production by 1500 b.c.e. Thirteen distinct “races” and nine “subraces” of corn still flourish in the Mayan cultural area, and the region emerged as ...
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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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