"...a very fine study of the peasant movement of the 1970s in Colombia. It is an outstanding work, both for its empirical detail and theoretical sophistication." Professor Eric R. Wolf, City University of New York

• List of tables, figures and maps; Foreword Teodor Shanin; Foreword by UNRISD; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The agrarian question in Colombia; 2. Reformism and the beginnings of the peasant movement; 3. The radicalization of ANUC and the great waves of land invasions; 4. Counterreform; 5. The contradictory influences of peasant politicization; 6. Concessions and repressive escalation; 7. The new occupational alternatives and the issue of the rural proletariat; 8. Partial repeasantization and the question of the new peasant settlements; 9. Final crisis and clientelist regression of ANUC; 10. Overview and final remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index.