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20th Century
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Agrarian reform in Guatemala
Author_Sarah Foss
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Citizenship in Guatemala
Community Development in Guatemala
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Ethnic relations in Guatemala
Global Cold War
Guatemalan Civil War
Guatemalan Counterrevolution
Guatemalan genocide
Guatemalan History
Guatemalan politics
Guatemalan Revolution
History of anthropology
Indigenismo
Indigenous people in Guatemala
International Development
Latin American Cold War
Modernization
United States-Guatemalan Foreign Relations
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- ISBN 9781469670331
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 29 Nov 2022
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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During the Cold War, U.S. intervention in Latin American politics, economics, and society grew in scope and complexity, with diplomatic legacies evident in today's hemispheric policies. Development became a key form of intervention as government officials and experts from the United States and Latin America believed that development could foster hemispheric solidarity and security. In parts of Latin America, its implementation was especially intricate because recipients of these programs were diverse Indigenous peoples with their own politics, economics, and cultures. Contrary to project planners' expectations, Indigenous beneficiaries were not passive recipients but actively engaged with development interventions and, in the process, redefined racialized ideas about Indigeneity.
Sarah Foss illustrates how this process transpired in Cold War Guatemala, spanning democratic revolution, military coups, and genocidal civil war. Drawing on previously unused sources such as oral histories, anthropologists' field notes, military records, municipal and personal archives, and a private photograph collection, Foss analyzes the uses and consequences of development and its relationship to ideas about race from multiple perspectives, emphasizing its historical significance as a form of intervention during the Cold War.
Sarah Foss illustrates how this process transpired in Cold War Guatemala, spanning democratic revolution, military coups, and genocidal civil war. Drawing on previously unused sources such as oral histories, anthropologists' field notes, military records, municipal and personal archives, and a private photograph collection, Foss analyzes the uses and consequences of development and its relationship to ideas about race from multiple perspectives, emphasizing its historical significance as a form of intervention during the Cold War.
Sarah Foss is assistant professor of history at Oklahoma State University.
