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Basta!: Land And The Zapatista Rebellion In Chiapas

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It's the Population!
different but very interesting angle on the zapatistas
Most in depth, gives the most background info of chiapas
Most objective examination of the 1994 Chiapas peasant revol

Basta!: Land And The Zapatista Rebellion In Chiapas
George A. Collier , and Elizabeth Lowery Quaratiello
Manufacturer: Food First
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0935028978

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¡Hoy decimos basta! Today we say, enough!

On January 1, 1994, in the impoverished state of Chiapas in southern Mexico, the Zapatista rebellion shot into the international spotlight. In this fully revised third edition of their classic study of the rebellion's roots, George Collier and Elizabeth Lowery Quaratiello paint a vivid picture of the historical struggle for land faced by the Maya Indians, who are among Mexico's poorest people. Examining the roles played by Catholic and Protestant clergy, revolutionary and peasant movements, the oil boom and the debt crisis, NAFTA and the free trade era, and finally the growing global justice movement, the authors provide a rich context for understanding the uprising and the subsequent history of the Zapatistas and rural Chiapas, up to the present day.

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It's the Population!.......2005-11-17

This book is Hamlet without the Prince. The first and most important thing to understand about Chiapas is the tremendous increase in population it has had in the last fifty years. Yet this book never comes to grips with the question of how people are to live today when they are many times more numerous than fifty years ago, and at that time they barely eked out a living. It's too bad that the INI didn't start out with birth control measures when it started work over 50 years ago. If Collier had had a co-author skilled in demography and economics to supplement his own first hand knowledge of the last fifty years in the Chiapas highlands, this could have been a very rewarding book. But as it stands, particularly in the later chapters, there is too much "anti-globalony".

different but very interesting angle on the zapatistas.......2003-02-15

The book has a very different focus on the Zapatista movement
than most others out there. It doesn't look at it from a present
time point of view and what do the Zapatistas mean, what do they
want, how do they work....

It looks simply at the history of the indigenous people of Chiapas
and their relationship with the mexican governement and tries to
make sense and explain why it is that the zapatista rebellion happened in Chiapas.

Very interesting and well written

Most in depth, gives the most background info of chiapas.......1998-10-03

This book is amazing, definetely one of the best out there. Dont be fooled by its cheap price, its well worth three times that amount if youre an avid chiapas rebel. For those of you looking for your first Chiapas book, this is definetely the one to choose.

Most objective examination of the 1994 Chiapas peasant revol.......1998-02-06

The Zapatista revolution has been the subject of many books, articles, and opinions, but this book covers the subject in the most objective and thorough journalistic manner.

The Zapatista War Against Oblivion.(Review): An article from: Multinational Monitor

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The Zapatista War Against Oblivion.(Review): An article from: Multinational Monitor
Charlie Cray
Manufacturer: Essential Information, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008HPSSE
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Multinational Monitor, published by Essential Information, Inc. on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: The Zapatista War Against Oblivion.(Review)
Author: Charlie Cray
Publication: Multinational Monitor (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: Essential Information, Inc.
Volume: 22 Issue: 3 Page: 26

Article Type: Book Review

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