This translation of Severo Martinez Pelaez s La Patria del Criollo, first published in Guatemala in 1970, makes a classic, controversial work of Latin American history available to English-language readers. Martinez Pelaez was one of Guatemala s foremost historians and a political activist committed to revolutionary social change. La Patria del Criollo is his scathing assessment of Guatemala s colonial legacy. Martinez Pelaez argues that Guatemala remains a colonial society because the conditions that arose centuries ago when imperial Spain held sway have endured. He maintains...

This translation of Severo MartInez PelAez's "La Patria del Criollo," first published in Guatemala in 1970, makes a classic, controversial work of Latin American history available to English-language readers. MartInez PelAez was one of Guatemala's foremost historians and a political activist committed to revolutionary social change. "La Patria del Criollo" is his scathing assessment of Guatemala's colonial legacy. MartInez PelAez argues that Guatemala remains a colonial society because the conditions that arose centuries ago when imperial Spain held sway have endured. He maintains that...