Overview

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.

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Author:   Leigh Binford ,  Lesley Gill ,  Steve Striffler
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   28
ISBN:  

9781789205619

ISBN 10:   1789205611
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   10 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America Lesley Gill, Leigh Binford and Steve Striffler Chapter 1. The Right Hand of the Party: The Role of Peasants in Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution Aaron Kappeler Chapter 2. Rebellion, Revolution, and Reversal in Ecuador's Countryside Steve Striffler Chapter 3. At the Crossroads of Power Lesley Gill Chapter 4. The Catholic Church, Peasants, and Revolution in Northern Morazan, El Salvador Leigh Binford Chapter 5. Peasants, Crime, and War in Rural Mexico Casey Walsh Chapter 6. Peasant Wars in Brazil Cliff Welch Chapter 7. Forgetting Peasants: History, Indigeneity, and the Anthropology of Revolution in Bolivia Forrest Hylton Afterword: Reflection: Reading Eric Wolf as a Public Intellectual Today Gavin Smith Index

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The book is quite unique... The concept is original and intriguing, and brings together an outstanding array of scholars to pursue the questions Eric Wolf raised in different Latin American cases. Avi Chomsky, Salem State University.

Highly recommended. * Choice The book is quite unique... The concept is original and intriguing, and brings together an outstanding array of scholars to pursue the questions Eric Wolf raised in different Latin American cases. * Avi Chomsky, Salem State University.

Highly recommended. * Choice This stimulating book will be of interest to a wide range of readers, including those who want an accessible, well-written guide to peasant struggles and agrarian change in Latin America.... In a world of escalating inequality, precarity, and violence, such an approach to intellectual labour is more urgent than ever. * Journal of Agrarian Change The book is quite unique... The concept is original and intriguing, and brings together an outstanding array of scholars to pursue the questions Eric Wolf raised in different Latin American cases. * Avi Chomsky, Salem State University.

Author Information

Leigh Binford is Professor Emeritus of the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York. He writes on rural social economies, international migration and struggle in Mexico and El Salvador. His recent publications include (with Scott Cook) Obliging Need: Rural Petty Industry in Mexican Capitalism (2013, University of Texas Press).

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