The time of freedom : campesino workers in Guatemala's October Revolution
This title seeks to demonstrate how labour conflicts on Guetamalan Coffe and banana plantations prepared the ground for national reforms that are usually credited to urban politicians. It shows how campesinos changed the course of urban revolution.
Print Book, English, ©2001
University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., ©2001
History
xi, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
9780822941620, 9780822961369, 0822941627, 0822961369
47099456
1. The meanings of dictatorship
2. "We were like slaves" : race, poverty, and gender in San Marcos
3. Birth of the revolution
4. Banana workers and the United Fruit Company in Tiquisate
5. Agrarian radicalism in San Marcos, 1944-1952
6. Local struggles and land reform
7. Elite backlash and revenge