Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America Diana Leitch

Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America Diana LeitchInformed by Eric Wolfs 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 Wolfs approach. The seven case studies are preceded by an Introduction in which the editors assess the continuing relevance of Wolfs political economy. The book concludes with Gavin Smiths reflection on reading Eric Wolf as a

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