Author: Ilja A. Luciak
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801867804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The author shows how former guerilla women in three Central American countries made the transition from insurgents to mainstream political players in the democratization process.
After the Revolution
Author: Ilja A. Luciak
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801867804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The author shows how former guerilla women in three Central American countries made the transition from insurgents to mainstream political players in the democratization process.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801867804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The author shows how former guerilla women in three Central American countries made the transition from insurgents to mainstream political players in the democratization process.
Adventuring in Central America
Author: David Rains Wallace
Publisher: Sierra Club Books for Children
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher: Sierra Club Books for Children
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
An Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico
Author:
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806133447
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A visitor's guide to the ancient Maya cities of Mexico provides photos, descriptions, and up-to-date tourist information on seventy archaeological sites and sixty museums, detailing the art, architecture, and history of each.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806133447
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A visitor's guide to the ancient Maya cities of Mexico provides photos, descriptions, and up-to-date tourist information on seventy archaeological sites and sixty museums, detailing the art, architecture, and history of each.
Birds of Central America
Author: Andrew C. Vallely
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691184151
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Central America Birds of Central America is the first comprehensive field guide to the avifauna of the entire region, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Handy and compact, the book presents text and illustrations for nearly 1,200 resident and migrant species, and information on all rare vagrants. Two hundred sixty detailed plates on convenient facing-page spreads depict differing ages and sexes for each species, with a special focus on geographic variation. The guide also contains up-to-date range maps and concise notes on distribution, habitat, behavior, and voice. An introduction provides a brief overview of the region’s landscape, climate, and biogeography. The culmination of more than a decade of research and field experience, Birds of Central America is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the bird life of this part of the world. Detailed information on the entire avifauna of Central America 260 beautiful color plates Range maps, text, and illustrations presented on convenient facing-page spreads Up-to-date notes on distribution supported by an extensive bibliography Special focus on geographic variation of bird species
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691184151
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Central America Birds of Central America is the first comprehensive field guide to the avifauna of the entire region, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Handy and compact, the book presents text and illustrations for nearly 1,200 resident and migrant species, and information on all rare vagrants. Two hundred sixty detailed plates on convenient facing-page spreads depict differing ages and sexes for each species, with a special focus on geographic variation. The guide also contains up-to-date range maps and concise notes on distribution, habitat, behavior, and voice. An introduction provides a brief overview of the region’s landscape, climate, and biogeography. The culmination of more than a decade of research and field experience, Birds of Central America is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the bird life of this part of the world. Detailed information on the entire avifauna of Central America 260 beautiful color plates Range maps, text, and illustrations presented on convenient facing-page spreads Up-to-date notes on distribution supported by an extensive bibliography Special focus on geographic variation of bird species
Gangs in Central America
Author: Clare Ribando Seelke
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437927637
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Contents: (1) Background on Violent Crime; (2) Scope of the Gang Problem: Defining Gangs; Transnational Gangs; Factors Exacerbating the Gang Problem; Poverty and a Lack of Educ. and Employ. Opport.; Societal Stigmas; Role of the Media; Anti-Gang Law Enforce. Efforts; Prisons in Need of Reform; U.S. Deportations; (3) Country Anti-Gang Efforts: Mano Dura (Heavy-Handed) Anti-Gang Policies; Effects of Mano Dura Policies?; Alternative Approaches; Prospects for Country Prevention and Rehab. Efforts; Regional and Multilateral Efforts; OAS; Multilateral Develop. Banks and Donor Agencies; (4) U.S. Policy: Congressional Interest; U.S. Internat. Anti-Gang Efforts; State Dept.; Justice Dept.; USAID; Policy Approaches and Concerns.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437927637
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Contents: (1) Background on Violent Crime; (2) Scope of the Gang Problem: Defining Gangs; Transnational Gangs; Factors Exacerbating the Gang Problem; Poverty and a Lack of Educ. and Employ. Opport.; Societal Stigmas; Role of the Media; Anti-Gang Law Enforce. Efforts; Prisons in Need of Reform; U.S. Deportations; (3) Country Anti-Gang Efforts: Mano Dura (Heavy-Handed) Anti-Gang Policies; Effects of Mano Dura Policies?; Alternative Approaches; Prospects for Country Prevention and Rehab. Efforts; Regional and Multilateral Efforts; OAS; Multilateral Develop. Banks and Donor Agencies; (4) U.S. Policy: Congressional Interest; U.S. Internat. Anti-Gang Efforts; State Dept.; Justice Dept.; USAID; Policy Approaches and Concerns.
The Construction of the Maras
Author: Antonia Does
Publisher: Graduate Institute Publications
ISBN: 2940503354
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
High levels of crime and violence in Central America’s northern triangle are a major preoccupation of politicians, policy-makers and citizens. Public authorities in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have sought repressive measures to increase public safety and to contain such violence, for which youth gangs (maras) are principally held responsible. Substantiated by interviews with key stakeholders in Geneva, Switzerland, this desk review offers a comprehensive understanding of the motivations and the intended effects behind the suppressive strategies of the respective governments. Viewing the gang phenomenon through the lens of securitization theory allows for a new understanding of how the maras are dealt with. This paper also traces how the concerned states have shaped a certain construction of these gangs and reveals a blurred line between the political and the security sectors. The analysis finds that interests other than combatting a security threat, as well as the particular historical and societal contexts of the three countries, decisively influence how the maras issue is addressed.
Publisher: Graduate Institute Publications
ISBN: 2940503354
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
High levels of crime and violence in Central America’s northern triangle are a major preoccupation of politicians, policy-makers and citizens. Public authorities in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have sought repressive measures to increase public safety and to contain such violence, for which youth gangs (maras) are principally held responsible. Substantiated by interviews with key stakeholders in Geneva, Switzerland, this desk review offers a comprehensive understanding of the motivations and the intended effects behind the suppressive strategies of the respective governments. Viewing the gang phenomenon through the lens of securitization theory allows for a new understanding of how the maras are dealt with. This paper also traces how the concerned states have shaped a certain construction of these gangs and reveals a blurred line between the political and the security sectors. The analysis finds that interests other than combatting a security threat, as well as the particular historical and societal contexts of the three countries, decisively influence how the maras issue is addressed.
Development of Railroads in Guatemala and El Salvador, 1849-1929
Author: Delmer G. Ross
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This study deals with the planning, construction, and early operation of the railroad network of these two Central American nations. The network was unique in Central America because the majority of it was eventually taken over, completed, and operated by International Railways of Central America, a subsidiary of an American concern, the United Fruit company. This book explains in considerable detail how all of this occurred, from the first few miles of track to the completion of the final international network link. Based on a mix of primary and secondary sources, published and unpublished, the narrative notes how progressive thinkers saw railroads as a way to improve the economies of the nations involved.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This study deals with the planning, construction, and early operation of the railroad network of these two Central American nations. The network was unique in Central America because the majority of it was eventually taken over, completed, and operated by International Railways of Central America, a subsidiary of an American concern, the United Fruit company. This book explains in considerable detail how all of this occurred, from the first few miles of track to the completion of the final international network link. Based on a mix of primary and secondary sources, published and unpublished, the narrative notes how progressive thinkers saw railroads as a way to improve the economies of the nations involved.
El Salvador and Guatemala
Author: Alexander Cruden
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 073776757X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Understanding acts of genocide and violent repression is vitally important, so that such atrocities be prevented in the future. This volume contains previously published material that narrates and analyzes the mass killings carried out in El Salvador and Guatemala in the second half of the 20th century. Critical information is broken out and encapsulated into charts, timelines, and graphs. Maps are provided, detailing key geographic information. Background information and first person accounts of the events are provided as well, to give the reader a more rounded knowledge of the events.
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 073776757X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Understanding acts of genocide and violent repression is vitally important, so that such atrocities be prevented in the future. This volume contains previously published material that narrates and analyzes the mass killings carried out in El Salvador and Guatemala in the second half of the 20th century. Critical information is broken out and encapsulated into charts, timelines, and graphs. Maps are provided, detailing key geographic information. Background information and first person accounts of the events are provided as well, to give the reader a more rounded knowledge of the events.
Becoming a Good Neighbor among Dictators
Author: Jorrit van den Berk
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319699865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Very few works of history, if any, delve into the daily interactions of U.S. Foreign Service members in Latin America during the era of Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy. But as Jorrit van den Berk argues, the encounters between these rank-and-file diplomats and local officials reveal the complexities, procedures, intrigues, and shifting alliances that characterized the precarious balance of U.S. foreign relations with right-wing dictatorial regimes. Using accounts from twenty-two ministers and ambassadors, Becoming a Good Neighbor among Dictators is a careful, sophisticated account of how the U.S. Foreign Service implemented ever-changing State Department directives from the 1930s through the Second World War and early Cold War, and in so doing, transformed the U.S.-Central American relationship. How did Foreign Service officers translate broad policy guidelines into local realities? Could the U.S. fight dictatorships in Europe while simultaneously collaborating with dictators in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras? What role did diplomats play in the standoff between democratic and authoritarian forces? In investigating these questions, Van den Berk draws new conclusions about the political culture of the Foreign Service, its position between Washington policymakers and local actors, and the consequences of foreign intervention.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319699865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Very few works of history, if any, delve into the daily interactions of U.S. Foreign Service members in Latin America during the era of Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy. But as Jorrit van den Berk argues, the encounters between these rank-and-file diplomats and local officials reveal the complexities, procedures, intrigues, and shifting alliances that characterized the precarious balance of U.S. foreign relations with right-wing dictatorial regimes. Using accounts from twenty-two ministers and ambassadors, Becoming a Good Neighbor among Dictators is a careful, sophisticated account of how the U.S. Foreign Service implemented ever-changing State Department directives from the 1930s through the Second World War and early Cold War, and in so doing, transformed the U.S.-Central American relationship. How did Foreign Service officers translate broad policy guidelines into local realities? Could the U.S. fight dictatorships in Europe while simultaneously collaborating with dictators in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras? What role did diplomats play in the standoff between democratic and authoritarian forces? In investigating these questions, Van den Berk draws new conclusions about the political culture of the Foreign Service, its position between Washington policymakers and local actors, and the consequences of foreign intervention.
Homicidal Ecologies
Author: Deborah J. Yashar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107178479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Latin America has among the world's highest homicide rates. The author analyzes the illicit organizations, complicit and weak states, and territorial competition that generate today's violent homicidal ecologies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107178479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Latin America has among the world's highest homicide rates. The author analyzes the illicit organizations, complicit and weak states, and territorial competition that generate today's violent homicidal ecologies.