An agrarian republic
Subtitle: commercial agriculture and the politics of peasant communities in El Salvador, 1823-1914
By: Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago.
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Peasantry -- El Salvador -- History; Land tenure -- El Salvador -- History; Peasantry -- El Salvador -- Political activity -- History; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- El Salvador -- History; Coffee industry -- El Salvador -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: peasants in the agrarian history of El Salvador; title: Peasants, indigo, and land in the late Colonial Period; title: The formation of peasant landholding communities, 1820s-1870s; title: The peasantry and commercial agriculture, 1830s-1880s; title: Peasant politics, revolt, and the formation of the state; title: Coffee and its impact on labor, land, and class formation, 1850-1910; title: The privatization of land and the transition to a freeholding peasantry, 1881-1912; title: The abolition of ethnic communities and lands, 1881-1912; title: Conclusion: land, class formation and the state in Salvadoran history; title: Appendix tables; title: Abbreviations used in notes; title: Note sources; title: Notes; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Index.