Anna Cant, Land without Masters: Agrarian Reform and Political Change under Peru's Military Government. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021. 248 pp. ISBN: 9781477322024.

On 24 June 1969 the military government of Peru, exercising its de facto power to issue legislation by decree, promulgated a law of agrarian reform. In Latin America legal norms—even radical ones—are not necessarily to be feared. Many countries have agrarian reform laws and in most of these agrarian structures have not been changing rapidly. Indeed, the previous administration in Peru had passed a mild law in 1964, but the hacienda structure of the Peruvian Andes remained virtually intact. Few feared that the new code enacted by the military would present a strong challenge to tradition.Forty-eight hours after its promulgation opinions began to change. The government announced that interventors were being sent to eight of the largest sugar estates on the northern coast. Intervention is the first step toward expropriation. The sugar estates lie at the heart of the Peruvian oligarchy: they were exempt from the 1964 legislation.

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Peru, The Drug Business And Shining Path: Between Scytta And Charybdis?

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs ◽

10.2307/165925 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 65-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

David Scott Palmer

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Political Development ◽

Agrarian Reform ◽

Academic Community ◽

Military Government ◽

Shining Path ◽

Industrial Community ◽

The Military ◽

Distribution Of Income

In Just 20 Years Peru has shifted from beacon of hope to basket case. As late as the mid-1970s, Peru's reformist military government (1968-1980) appeared to offer significant possibilities for economic and political development (defined as improved distribution of income and greater participation by the citizenry). From 1940 to 1975, economic growth and low inflation had been the norm. A major agrarian reform during the military docenio (12-year rule) created production cooperatives nation wide; the industrial community gave workers a meaningful management role in the operation of their firms. Both stirred the imagination of many Peruvians and the academic community alike.

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‘Land for Those Who Work It’: A Visual Analysis of Agrarian Reform Posters in Velasco's Peru

Journal of Latin American Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022216x11001106 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 1-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

ANNA CANT

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Latin American ◽

Visual Analysis ◽

Agrarian Reform ◽

Visual Media ◽

Right Wing ◽

Military Government ◽

Left Wing ◽

American Military ◽

The Government

AbstractLatin American military dictatorships of the twentieth century were often right-wing, elitist and violent. A marked exception was the left-wing Peruvian military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado. More exceptional still was the government's use of visual media. Between 1968 and 1970 it produced approximately 20 posters, printed in editions of 50,000 to 200,000, to promote the radical Agrarian Reform Law. These posters provide vibrant representations of the agrarian reform's ideological aspects, which have been under-studied. A detailed exploration of visual communication shows that the government deployed aesthetically sophisticated propaganda and symbols to encourage social participation in the reform.

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