Revolution in the Countryside: Rural Conflict and Agrarian

Revolution in the Countryside: Rural Conflict and Agrarian Reform in Guatemala, 1944-1954

Although most discussions of the Guatemalan "revolution" of 1944-54 focus on international and national politics, Revolution in the Countryside presents a more complex and integrated picture of this decade. Jim Handy examines the rural poor, both Maya and Ladino, as key players who had a decisive impact on the nature of change in Guatemala. He looks at the ways in which ethnic and class relations affected government policy and identifies the conflict generated in the countryside by new economic and social policies. Handy provides the most detailed discussion yet of the Guatemalan agrarian reform, and he shows how peasant organizations extended its impact by using it to lay claim to land, despite attempts by agrarian officials and the president to apply the law strictly. By focusing on changes in rural communities, and by detailing the coercive measures used to reverse the "revolution in the countryside" following the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, Handy provides a framework for interpreting more recent events in Guatemala, especially the continuing struggle for land and democracy.

Country	USA
Author	Jim Handy
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
EAN	9780807844380
Edition	1st New edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0807844381
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
MPN	maps
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	284
PartNumber	maps
PublicationDate	1994-04-29
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Revolution in the Countryside: Rural Conflict and Agrarian Reform in Guatemala, 1944-1954