Landscapes Of Struggle: Politics, Society, and Community in El Salvador (Pitt Latin American Series)

during The 1980s, El Salvador's Violent Civil War Captured The World's Attention. In The Years Since, The Country Has Undergone Dramatic Changes. landscapes Of Struggle Offers A Broad, Interdisciplinary Assessment Of El Salvador From The Late Nineteenth Century To The Present, Focusing On The Ways Local Politics Have Shaped The Development Of The Nation. proceeding Chronologically, These Essays-by Historians, Political Scientists, Sociologists, And Anthropologists-explore The Political, Social, And Cultural Dynamics Governing The Salvadoran Experience, Including The Crucial Roles Of Land, The Military, And Ethnicity; The Effects Of The Civil War; And Recent Transformations, Such As The Growth Of A Large Salvadoran Diaspora In The United States. Taken Together, They Provide A Fully Realized Portrait Of El Salvador's Troublesome Past, Transformative Present, And Uncertain Future. Local history, politics, and the state in El Salvador / Aldo Lauria-Santiago and Leigh Binford Section one: linking the local with the national prewar Salvadoran history reconsidered. Land, community, and revolt in late nineteenth-century Indian Izalco / Aldo Lauria-Santiago The formation of the urban middle sectors in El Salvador, 1910-1944 / Victor Hugo Acuña Ortega Patronage and politics under General Maximiliano Martínez, 1931-1939 : the local roots of military authoritarianism in El Salvador / Erik Ching Colonels and industrial workers in El Salvador, 1944-1972 : seeking societal support through gendered labor reforms / Kati Griffith and Leslie Gates The formation of a rural community : Joya de Cerén, 1956-1995 / Carlos Benjamín Lara Martínez. Section two: civil war and its aftermath : local politics and community. Peasants, catechists, revolutionaries : organic intellectuals in the Salvadoran revolution, 1980-1992 / Leigh Binford Civil war and reconstruction : the repopulation of Tenancingo / Elisabeth J. Wood Between clientelism and radical democracy : the case of Ciudad Segundo Montes / Vincent J. McElhinny Not revolutionary enough? : community rebuilding in postwar Chalatenango / Irina Carlota Silber The Salvadoran land struggle in the 1990s : cohesion, commitment, and corruption / Lisa Kowalchuck Section three: culture and ideology in contemporary El Salvador. "This is not culture!" : the effects of ethnodiscourse and ethnopolitics in El Salvador / Henrik Ronsbo "El Capitán Cinchazo" : blood and meaning in postwar San Salvador / Ellen Moodie In the stream of money : contradictions of migration, remittances, and development in El Salvador / David Pedersen Local history, politics, and the state in El Salvador / Aldo Lauria-Santiago and Leigh Binford Section one: linking the local with the national prewar Salvadoran history reconsidered. Land, community, and revolt in late nineteenth-century Indian Izalco / Aldo Lauria-Santiago The formation of the urban middle sectors in El Salvador, 1910-1944 / Victor Hugo Acuдna Ortega Patronage and politics under General Maximiliano Martвinez, 1931-1939 / Erik Ching Colonels and industrial workers in El Salvador, 1944-1972 / Kati Griffith and Leslie Gates The formation of a rural community : Joya de Cerвen, 1954-1995 / Carlos Benjamвin Lara Martвinez Section two: civil war and its aftermath : local politics and community. Peasants, catechists, revolutionaries : organic intellectuals in the Salvadoran revolution, 1980-1992 / Leigh Binford Civil war and reconstruction : the repopulation of Tenancingo / Elisabeth J. Wood Between clientelism and radical democracy : the case of Ciudad Segundo Montes / Vincent J. McElhinny Not revolutionary enough? : grassroots community rebuilding in postwar Chalatenango / Irina Carlota Silber The Salvadoran land struggle in the 1990s / Lisa Kowalchuck Section three: culture and ideology in contemporary El Salvador. "This is not culture!" : the effects of ethnodiscourse and ethnopolitics in El Salvador / Henrik Ronsbo "El Capitвan Cinchazo" : blood and meaning in postwar San Salvador / Ellen Moodie In the stream of money : contradictions of migration, remittances, and development in El Salvador / David Pedersen.

During the 1980s, El Salvador's violent civil war captured the world's attention. In the years since, the country has undergone dramatic changes. Landscapes of Struggle offers a broad, interdisciplinary assessment of El Salvador from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the ways local politics have shaped the development of the nation.

Proceeding chronologically, these essays-by historians, political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists-explore the political, social, and cultural dynamics governing the Salvadoran experience, including the crucial roles of land, the military, and ethnicity; the effects of the civil war; and recent transformations, such as the growth of a large Salvadoran diaspora in the United States. Taken together, they provide a fully realized portrait of El Salvador's troublesome past, transformative present, and uncertain future.

Proceeding chronologically, these essays - by historians, political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists - explore the social, political and cultural dynamics governing the Salvadoran experience, including the crucial roles of land, the military and ethnicity.