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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Steve StrifflerPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780822328360ISBN 10: 0822328364 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 14 December 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is an ambitious and stimulating story told with verve and momentum. Striffler does a magnificent job of clarifying the causes, forms, and logic of the various movements of workers and peasants that contributed to the United Fruit Company's abandonment of the plantation, the emergence of peasant cooperatives, and their eventual replacement by local capitalists. - Catherine LeGrand, co-editor of Close Encounters of Empire: Writing the Cultural History of U.S.-Latin American Relations An innovative contribution to the study of the relationships between popular groups, state agents, and a series of capitalists. Striffler uses a fascinating array of sources such as life histories, local archives and newspapers, and even the internal correspondence between United Fruit officials. - Carlos de la Torre, author of Populist Seduction in Latin America: The Ecuadorian Experience Author InformationSteve Striffler is Professor of Anthropology and Doris Zemurray Stone Chair in Latin American Studies at the University of New Orleans. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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