An Agrarian Republic - Commercial Agriculture and the Politics of Peasant Communities in El Salvador, 1823-1914

With unprecedented use of local and national sources, Lauria-Santiago presents a more complex portrait of El Salvador than has ever been ventured before. Using thoroughly researched regional case studies, Lauria-Santiago challenges the accepted vision of Central America in the nineteenth century and critiques the "liberal oligarchic hegemony" model of El Salvador. He reveals the existence of a diverse, commercially active peasantry that was deeply involved with local and national networks of power.

About the author

Aldo Lauria, associate professor of history and director of Latin American and Latino Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, is the author of An Agrarian Republic: Commercial Agriculture and the Politics of Peasant Communities in El Salvador, 1823-1914.

Summary

This text provides archival research on the agrarian history of El Salvador during the 19th century, a period of expanding commercial and export agriculture which saw the emergence of important conflicts over land tenure use in much of Latin America.

Product details

• Authors: Aldo Lauria, Lauria-Santiago, Aldo Lauria-Santiago, Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.1999
• EAN: 9780822957003
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5700-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American (Paperback; Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science