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.

Author: Aldo Lauria-Santiago
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 06/17/1999
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.18w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780822957003