Fields of Revolution : Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935-1964 / Carmen Soliz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soliz, Carmen, author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--Bolivia--History--20th century.

Land reform.

Nationalism--Bolivia--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Bolivia--Politics and government--20th century.

Bolivia.

Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Bolivia)--History--20th century.

Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Bolivia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Fields of Revolution examines the second largest case of peasant land redistribution in Latin America and agrarian reform-arguably the most important policy to arise out of Bolivia's 1952 revolution. Competing understandings of agrarian reform shaped ideas of property, productivity, welfare, and justice. Peasants embraced the nationalist slogan of "land for those who work it" and rehabilitated national union structures. Indigenous communities proclaimed instead "land to its original owners" and sought to link the ruling party discourse on nationalism with their own long-standing demands for restitution. Landowners, for their part, embraced the principle of "land for those who improve it" to protect at least portions of their former properties from expropriation. Carmen Soliz combines analysis of governmental policies and national discourse with everyday local actors' struggles and interactions with the state to draw out the deep connections between land and people as a material reality and as the object of political contention in the period surrounding the revolution."

Introduction -- The Liberal Project in the Countryside -- The Indian Problem and the Agrarian Question under Debate -- Revolution Comes to the Countryside -- Redistribute Land Soon -- Land to Its Original Owners -- Land for Those Who Work It -- Epilogue: Everyday Forms of Revolution.

Contents:

Introduction

The Liberal Project in the Countryside

The Indian Problem and the Agrarian Question under Debate

Revolution Comes to the Countryside

Redistribute Land Soon

Land to Its Original Owners

Land for Those Who Work It

Epilogue: Everyday Forms of Revolution.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822946656

0822946653

OCLC:

1247056425