Public Land Settlement, Privatization, and Peasant Protest in Duaca, Venezuela, 1870-1936

The role of governments in allocating public lands to private individuals was central to the coffee economies of the Latin American frontier in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The privatization of public lands and the ensuing peasant protests are examined in Duaca Venezuela for the period 1870-19...

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Published in:The Hispanic American historical review 1994-02, Vol.74 (1), p.33-61
Main Author: Yarrington, Doug
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Agricultural workers
Coffee
Crops
Demonstrations & protests
Economics
History
Labour history
Land ownership
Land tenure
Land use
Landlords
Landowners
Language history
Latin American History
Latin American Studies
Merchants
Peasant class
Peasant movements
Peasants
Private land
Privatization
Public land
Tenants
Venezuela
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Summary:The role of governments in allocating public lands to private individuals was central to the coffee economies of the Latin American frontier in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The privatization of public lands and the ensuing peasant protests are examined in Duaca Venezuela for the period 1870-1936.
ISSN:0018-2168
1527-1900
DOI:10.1215/00182168-74.1.033