Fields of Revolution
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Fields of Revolution

Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935-1964

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Fields of Revolution

Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935-1964

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Fields of Revolution examines the second largest case of peasant land redistribution in Latin America and agrarian reform—arguably the most important policy to arise out of Bolivia's 1952 revolution. Competing understandings of agrarian reform shaped ideas of property, productivity, welfare, and justice. Peasants embraced the nationalist slogan of "land for those who work it" and rehabilitated national union structures. Indigenous communities proclaimed instead "land to its original owners" and sought to link the ruling party discourse on nationalism with their own long-standing demands for restitution. Landowners, for their part, embraced the principle of "land for those who improve it" to protect at least portions of their former properties from expropriation. Carmen Soliz combines analysis of governmental policies and national discourse with everyday local actors' struggles and interactions with the state to draw out the deep connections between land and people as a material reality and as the object of political contention in the period surrounding the revolution.

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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780822988106
Topic
History
Subtopic
Latin American & Caribbean History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. List of Acronyms
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter One: The Liberal Project in the Countryside
  10. Chapter Two: The Indian Problem and the Agrarian Question under Debate
  11. Chapter Three: Revolution Comes to the Countryside
  12. Chapter Four: Redistribute Land Soon
  13. Chapter Five: Land to Its Original Owners
  14. Chapter Six: Land for Those Who Work It
  15. Epilogue: Everyday Forms of Revolution
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index