A Brief History of Central America
Title | A Brief History of Central America PDF eBook |
Author | Hector Perez-Brignoli |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 1989-11-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520909762 |
This is the first interpretive history of Central America by a Central American historian to be published in English. Anyone with an interest in current events in the region will find here an insightful and well-written guide to the history of its five national states—Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Traces of a common past invite us to make generalizations about the region, even to posit the idea of a Central American nation. But, as Hector Perez-Brignoli shows us, we can learn more from a comparative approach that establishes both the points of convergence and the separate paths taken by the five different countries of Central America. The author offers a concise overview of the region's history from the sixteenth century to the present, beginning with human and cultural geography in the first chapter and ending with the present crisis in the last. He deals with the fundamental themes and problems of the area: the characteristics of the colonial heritage, independence and the crisis of the Federal Republic, the formation of nation-states during the nineteenth century, and the development of export agriculture based on coffee and bananas. The narrative moves finally into the twentieth century to look at the growing impoverishment that multiplies inequalities and leads to the shipwreck of liberal democracy. The case of Costa Rica, exceptional in more ways than one, receives special attention.
A Brief History of Mexico
Title | A Brief History of Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn V. Foster |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | 337 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Mexico |
ISBN | 0816074054 |
Praise for the previous editions: ..".well researched...concise...interesting..."--American Reference Books Annual
Central America
Title | Central America PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony G. Coates |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780300080650 |
Describes the cultural and natural history of Central America, covering such topics as the area's geological origins, natural corridors, native peoples, and conservation efforts.
The Cambridge History of Latin America
Title | The Cambridge History of Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Bethell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 798 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Electronic reference sources |
ISBN | 9780521245180 |
This is an authoritative large-scale history of the whole of Latin America, from the first contacts between native American peoples and Europeans in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present day.
Central America, a Nation Divided
Title | Central America, a Nation Divided PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Lee Woodward |
Publisher | Latin American Histories |
Total Pages | 436 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195083767 |
This popular text surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, from pre-Columbian times to the present. It emphasizes the common characteristics of the Central American states as well as their potential for political union. Now completely updated, the third edition of Central America: A Nation Divided encompasses the significant new research and tumultuous events that have taken place since the last edition was published. The text now includes coverage of the civil wars in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, as well as the restoration of peace to the region under the Central American peace accords. It also recounts and analyzes the substantial changes that have occurred in the economic and social arenas as Central American states have turned increasingly to neoliberal policies that emphasize the private sector and the development of exports while reducing government entitlement programs. Students will find this text enormously helpful for sorting through the vast amounts of significant research that has been written and compiled in the past decade. In addition, the Selective Guide to the Literature section has been completely revised to reflect the great increase in research and writing on Central America. Comprehensive and incisively written, Central America: A Nation Divided is an essential text for Latin American History courses.
A Brief History of Central America
Title | A Brief History of Central America PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn V. Foster |
Publisher | Checkmark Books |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780816066711 |
An exploration of the region spanning three thousand years of civilization and focusing on key events and broad cultural patterns examines the challenges facing Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
History of Central America ...
Title | History of Central America ... PDF eBook |
Author | Hubert Howe Bancroft |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 796 |
Release | 1886 |
Genre | Central America |
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