{"product_id":"after-the-coup-9780252035869","title":"After the Coup","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntangling the ongoing consequences of Guatemala's 1954 coup d'etat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This collection by some of the leading figures in the field takes a nuanced view of anthropology and history in addressing the timely issue of what the 1954 Guatemalan coup and its aftermath can tell us today. An important contribution to Guatemalan studies, Maya studies, and anthropology and history in general. It is destined to become a standard reference on the subject.\"--Edward F. Fischer, Vanderbilt University, editor of \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Peoples, Civil Society, and the Neo-liberal State in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The chapters in this edited volume are uniformly good and interesting, making the book well worth reading.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Latin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAfter the Coup\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new perspective. . . . the volume presents a thorough analysis of the varied perspectives on the October Revolution and the Ten Years of Spring.\"--\u003ci\u003eLatin American Research Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This wonderful volume explores in clear and insightful ways the impact of the 1944–1954 revolution and the overthrow of Arbenz on both Mayan people and ethnographic imagining in Guatemala. It is also full of unanticipated gems, from June Nash's recollections of Cantel during the revolution to Victor Montejo's epilogue. It is an essential read for those wanting to understand the twisted road that led to the violence that marked rural Guatemala nearly three decades after the overthrow of Arbenz.\"--Jim Handy, author of \u003ci\u003eRevolution in the Countryside: Rural Conflict and Agrarian Reform in Guatemala, 1944–1954\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The overthrow of Guatemala's elected government in 1954 was a turning point for both the United States and Latin America. Yet too little is known about the coup and its devastating long-term effects. This provocative and insightful book aims to pull us out of our collective amnesia.\"--Stephen Kinzer, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments     ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Reflecting upon the Historical Impact of the Coup     1 \u003ci\u003eTimothy J. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e 1. Antonio Goubaud Carrera: Between the Contradictions of the Generacion de 1920 and U.S. Anthropology     17 \u003ci\u003eAbigail E. Adams\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Recovering the Truth of the 1954 Coup: Restoring Peace with Justice     49 \u003ci\u003eJune C. Nash\u003c\/i\u003e 3. A Democracy Born in Violence: Maya Perceptions of the 1944 Patzicia Massacre and the 1954 Coup     73 \u003ci\u003eDavid Carey Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e 4. The Politics of Land, Identity, and Silencing: A Case Study from El Oriente of Guatemala, 1944-54     99 \u003ci\u003eChrista Little-Siebold\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Path Back to Literacy: Maya Education through War and Beyond     115 \u003ci\u003eJudith M. Maxwell\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Democracy Delayed: The Evolution of Ethnicity in Guatemala Society, 1944-96     134 \u003ci\u003eRichard N. Adams\u003c\/i\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e The October Revolution and the Peace Accords     151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictor D. Montejo, translated by Abigail E. Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors     155\u003cbr\u003e Index     159","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036818735447,"sku":"9780252035869","price":91.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252035869.jpg?v=1750932648","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-the-coup-9780252035869","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}