Central America, a Nation Divided - A Nation Divided

List of contents

1. The Isthmus; 2. The Kingdom of Guatemala; 3. Bourbon Central American; 4. Expectations and Achievements of Independence; 5. Central America and the World; 6. Foffee Republics; 7. Banana Republics; 8. The Challenge to Liberalsim; 9. Central America in the Age of Social Revolution; 10. The Failure of Reunification

Summary

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. The book emphasizes the common characteristics of the Central American states and the potential for political union.

Product details

• Authors: Woodward, Ralph Woodward, Ralph Lee Woodward
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780195083767
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508376-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Latin American Histories; Latin American Histories
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, Political science & theory, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Central America, Mexico and Central America