Douglas W Trefzger
Biographic Data
| ID | 254339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas W Trefzger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas W |
| FAMILY NAME | Trefzger |
| SIGNATURE | TREFZGER D W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Miami |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Time of Freedom
Cindy Forster’s new book, The Time of Freedom, is a compelling and provocative contribution to the slowly expanding body of research on Guatemala’s 1944–54 revolution. While most studies of the period focus on elite revolutionary activism, Forster argues that the true protagonists of the 1952 Agrarian Reform Law were rural workers who, imbued with a sense of campesino identity (as opposed to a proletarian one), laid the foundation for land reform…
Terror in the Countryside
In her recent contribution to Ohio University Press’s Latin America Series, Rachel May attempts to explain the evolution of “popular organizations” in response to political violence between 1954 and 1985. According to May, during Guatemala’s internal conflict, they evolved from vertically oriented, hierarchical and personalistic organizations into horizontally oriented, democratic movements and true reflections of Guatemala’s popular will. By foc…
De Guatemala a Guate-Peor? Guatemalan Military Interventionism, 1944-1970
This article breaks with traditional interpretations of Latin American military politics and instead sees Guatemalan civil-military relations and military interventionism as an unintended result of the high-minded goals of Guatemala's 1944-1954 revolution, rather than as a function of illegitimate or unconstitutional aspirations for power. Beginning in 1945 and perceiving the military as the true defender of la Patria (the Fatherland), Guatemala'…
De Guatemala a Guate-Peor? Guatemalan Military Interventionism, 1944-1970
This article breaks with traditional interpretations of Latin American military politics and instead sees Guatemalan civil-military relations and military interventionism as an unintended result of the high-minded goals of Guatemala's 1944-1954 revolution, rather than as a function of illegitimate or unconstitutional aspirations for power. Beginning in 1945 and perceiving the military as the true defender of la Patria (the Fatherland), Guatemala'…
De Guatemala a Guate-Peor? Guatemalan Military Interventionism, 1944-1970
This article breaks with traditional interpretations of Latin American military politics and instead sees Guatemalan civil-military relations and military interventionism as an unintended result of the high-minded goals of Guatemala's 1944-1954 revolution, rather than as a function of illegitimate or unconstitutional aspirations for power. Beginning in 1945 and perceiving the military as the true defender of la Patria (the Fatherland), Guatemala'…
Terror in the Countryside
In her recent contribution to Ohio University Press’s Latin America Series, Rachel May attempts to explain the evolution of “popular organizations” in response to political violence between 1954 and 1985. According to May, during Guatemala’s internal conflict, they evolved from vertically oriented, hierarchical and personalistic organizations into horizontally oriented, democratic movements and true reflections of Guatemala’s popular will. By foc…
The Time of Freedom
Cindy Forster’s new book, The Time of Freedom, is a compelling and provocative contribution to the slowly expanding body of research on Guatemala’s 1944–54 revolution. While most studies of the period focus on elite revolutionary activism, Forster argues that the true protagonists of the 1952 Agrarian Reform Law were rural workers who, imbued with a sense of campesino identity (as opposed to a proletarian one), laid the foundation for land reform…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Agrarian reform (1 work)