{"product_id":"fifty-years-of-peasant-wars-in-latin-america-9781789205619","title":"Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tInformed by Eric Wolf’s \u003cem\u003ePeasant Wars of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Highly recommended.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“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.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of Agrarian Change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“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.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Avi Chomsky\u003c\/strong\u003e, Salem State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLesley Gill, Leigh Binford and Steve Striffler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Right Hand of the Party: The Role of Peasants in Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAaron Kappeler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rebellion, Revolution, and Reversal in Ecuador’s Countryside\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSteve Striffler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e At the Crossroads of Power\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLesley Gill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Catholic Church, Peasants, and Revolution in Northern Morazán, El Salvador\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLeigh Binford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Peasants, Crime, and War in Rural Mexico\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCasey Walsh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Peasant Wars in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCliff Welch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Forgetting Peasants: History, “Indigeneity,” and the Anthropology of Revolution in Bolivia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eForrest Hylton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reflection: Reading Eric Wolf as a Public Intellectual Today\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGavin Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042559361367,"sku":"9781789205619","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789205619.jpg?v=1750954641","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fifty-years-of-peasant-wars-in-latin-america-9781789205619","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}