Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Peasants in the Agrarian History of El Salvador
2. Peasants, Indigo, and Land in the Late Colonial Period
3. The Formation of Peasant Landholding Communities, 1820s–1870s
4. The Peasantry and Commercial Agriculture, 1830s–1880s
5. Peasant Politics, Revolt, and the Formation of the State
6. Coffee and Its Impact on Labor, Land, and Class Formation, 1850–1910
7. The Privatization of Land and the Transition to a Freeholding Peasantry, 1881–1912
8. The Abolition of Ethnic Communities and Lands, 1881–1912
9. Conclusion: Land, Class Formation and the State in Salvadoran History
Appendix Tables
Abbreviations Used in Notes
Note on Sources
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index