{"product_id":"the-time-of-freedom-cindy-forster-9780822961369","title":"The Time of Freedom: Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October Revolution","description":"\"The time of freedom\" was the name that plantation workers-campesinos-gave to Guatemala s national revolution of 1944-1954. Cindy Forster reveals the critical role played by the poor in organizing and sustaining this period of reform.Through court records, labor and agrarian ministry archives, and oral histories, Forster demonstrates how labor conflict on the plantations prepared the ground for national reforms that are usually credited to urban politicians. She focuses on two plantation zones that generated exceptional momentum: the coffee belt in the highlands around San Marcos and the United Fruit Company's banana groves near Tiquisate. Although these regions were unlike in size and complexity, language and race, popular culture and work patterns, both erupted with demands for workers  rights and economic justice shortly after the fall of Casta\\u00f1eda in 1944. A welcome balance to the standard \"top-down\" histories of the revolution, Forster's sophisticated analysis demonstrates how campesinos changed the course of the urban revolution. By establishing the context of grassroots mobilization, she substantially alters the conventional view of the entire revolution, and particularly the reforms enacted under President Albenz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cindy Forster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822961369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822961369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Cindy Forster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790062416127,"sku":"9780822961369","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd1a7530-fe2e-40bd-9b18-28feecdcc441.jpg?v=1707287847","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-time-of-freedom-cindy-forster-9780822961369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}