Guatemala: Revolution, 1944-1954
(see also Guatemala, Guatemala: Ubico Regime & Guatemala: Civil War)
Basics
CIA World Factbook. Includes map.
UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
In the Library: Articles
D'Ascoli, Carlos A. "La reforma agraria y extensión de las explotaciones agrícolas," Trimestre Económico (México) 19,3 (7-9/52).
Handy, Jim. "'The most precious fruit of the Revolution': the Guatemalan Agrarian Reform, 1952-1954," Hispanic American Historical Review 68,4 (11/88):675-705.
James, Daniel. "Guatemala's warning to US business," Fortune 48 (7/53). United Fruit's perception of land reform program.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Aguilera Peralta, Gabriel Edgardo y Martha Elena Salguero. La política exterior de Guatemala durante el régimen de la "Revolución de Octubre" (1944-1954) (Guatemala: FLACSO, 1989).
Aragón, Oscar de León. Memorias de un estudiante del 44 (Guatemala: Universitaria, 2003).
Aybar de Soto, José M. Dependency & Intervention: The Case of Guatemala in 1954 (Boulder: Westview, 1978).
Cardoza y Aragón, Luís. Guatemala: las líneas de su mano (México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1955).
Cullaher, Nick. Secret History: The CIA's Classified Account of its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954 (Stanford: Stanford, 2000).
Ganugi, Andrea. Guatemala 1954: cronica di una morte annunciata (Firenze: Firenze Libre, 1989).
García Laguardia, Jorge Mario. La Revolución del 20 de octubre de 1944 (Guatemala: Procurador de los Derechos Humanos, 1994).
Gleijeses, Piero. Shattered Hope: the Guatemalan Revolution & the US, 1944-1954 (Princeton: Princeton, 1991).
Handy, Jim. Gift of the Devil: a History of Guatemala (Boston: South End, 1984).
__________. Revolution in the Countryside: Rural Conflict & Agrarian Reform in Guatemala, 1944-1954 (Chapel Hill: U. North Carolina, 1994).
Kennedy, Paul P. The Middle Beat: A Correspondent's View of Mexico, Guatemala & El Salvador (NY: Teacher's College, 1971).
Lapola, Gustavo E. (comp.) Guatemala: historia de una década (Guatemala: Estudiantil FENIX, 2004).
León Castillo, Oscar de (ed.) La revolución guatemalteca (Guatemala: Oscar de León Palacios, 1994).
Perera, Victor. Rites: A Guatemalan Boyhood (London, 1986).
Schlesinger, Stephen & Stephen Kinzer. Bitter Fruit. The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala (N Y, 1982).
Streeter, Stephen M. Managing the Counter-Revolution: The US & Guatemala, 1954-1961 (Athens: Ohio U. Center for International Studies, 2000).
Tischler Visguerra, Sergio. Guatemala 1944, crisis y revolución: ocaso y quiebre de una forma estatal (Guatemala: U. de San Carlos, 1998).
Toriello Garrido, Guillermo. A Popular History of Two Revolutions: Guatemala & Nicaragua (trans. Rebecca Schwaner; San Francisco: Synthesis, 1985).
Villagran Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: los pactos políticos de 1944 a 1970 (Guatemala: FLACSO, 1993).
Villamar Contreras, Marco Antonio. Significado de la década 1944-54, conocida como la revolución guatemalteca de octubre (Guatemala, 1993).
In the Library: Fiction
Rodríguez Macal, Virgilio. Jinayá [1951] (Guatemala: Piedra Santa, 1989).
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Devils Don't Dream" [1995], dir. Andrea Hoessli, 90m. From First Run/Icarus. Story of Jacobo Arbenz.
"El silencio de Neto" [1995?], dir. Luis Argueta, ?m. From Morningside Films. CIA-sponsored overthrow of Arbenz government as experienced by small boy in Guatemala City.