Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America (Dislocations Book 28)

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. Contents Introduction: Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America Chapter 1 — The Right Hand of the Party: The Role of Peasants in Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution Chapter 2 — Rebellion, Revolution, and Reversal in Ecuador’s Countryside Chapter 3 — At the Crossroads of Power Chapter 4 — The Catholic Church, Peasants, and Revolution in Northern Morazán, El Salvador Chapter 5 — Peasants, Crime, and War in Rural Mexico Chapter 6 — Peasant Wars in Brazil Chapter 7 — Forgetting Peasants: History, “Indigeneity,” and the Anthropology of Revolution in Bolivia Afterword: Reading Eric Wolf as a Public Intellectual Today Index "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