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The time of freedom : campesino workers in Guatemala's October Revolution / Cindy Forster.
Lippincott Library HD1531.G9 F67 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forster, Cindy, 1957-
- Series:
- Pitt Latin American series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural laborers--Political activity--Guatemala.
- Agricultural laborers--Political activity.
- Land reform.
- Guatemala.
- Peasants--Political activity--Guatemala.
- Peasants--Political activity.
- Peasants.
- Guatemala--History--October Revolution, 1944.
- History.
- Guatemala--Politics and government--1945-1985.
- Politics and government.
- Guatemala--History--1945-1985.
- Land reform--Guatemala.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0822941627
- OCLC:
- 47099456
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