Contiene: The role of peasant movements and revolts in development - Venezuela: the peasant union movement - México: the zapata movement and the revolution - Bolivia: peasant sydicates among the aymara of the Yungas a view from the Grass Roots - Chile: a vineyard workers strike a case study of the relationship between church, intellectuals, and peasants - Perú: the peasant movement of la convención - Perú: Peasant organizations - Guatemala: the peasant union movement, 1944-1954 - Brazil: the peasant movement of pernambuco, 1961-1964 - Societal opposition to peasant movements and its effects on farm people in Latin America.

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