Fifty years of peasant wars in Latin America / edited by Leigh Binford, Lesley Gill, and Steve Striffler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Binford, Leigh, 1948- editor.

Gill, Lesley, editor.

Striffler, Steve, 1967- editor.

Series:

Dislocations ; v. 28.

Dislocations ; volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasant uprisings--Latin America--Case studies.

Peasant uprisings.

Latin America.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

220 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2020.

Summary:

"Informed by Eric Wolf's Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century, published in 1969, this book examines selected peasant struggles in seven Latin American countries during the last fifty years and suggests the continuing relevance of Wolf's approach. The seven case studies are preceded by an Introduction in which the editors assess the continuing relevance of Wolf's political economy. The book concludes with Gavin Smith's reflection on reading Eric Wolf as a public intellectual today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Fifty years of peasant wars in Latin America / Lesley Gill, Leigh Binford, and Steve Striffler

The right hand of the party: the role of peasants in Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution / Aaron Kappeler

Rebellion, revolution, and reversal in Ecuador's countryside / Steve Striffler

At the crossroads of power / Lesley Gill

The Catholic Church, peasants, and revolution in Northern Morazán, El Salvador / Leigh Binford

Peasants, drugs, and war in Rural Mexico / Casey Walsh

Peasant wars in Brazil / Cliff Welch

Forgetting peasants: history, "indigeneity," and the anthropology of revolution in Bolivia / Forrest Hylton

Afterword. Reflection: reading Eric Wolf as a public intellectual today / Gavin Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fifty years of peasant wars in Latin America

ISBN:

9781789205619

1789205611

OCLC:

1104063852