Revolution in the Countryside: Rural Conflict and Agrarian Reform in Guatemala, 1944-1954
- ISBN-10
- 0807844381
- ISBN-13
- 9780807844380
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Jim Handy
Description
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 M
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