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Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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A profusely illustrated summary of world history from an Euro-centric view but in great detail up to the end of World War II.

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Category : World history
Languages : en
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Author: Hector Perez-Brignoli
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520909762
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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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.

Author: Edelberto Torres Rivas
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477306943
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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First published in Chile in 1969 as Interpretación del desarrollo social centroamericano, this classic is now available in English. The first attempt at an integrated analysis of modern Central America's socioeconomic structure, Torres Rivas's work traces the social development of Central America from independence (1871) up to the 1960s. Using a dependency framework, but not limited by it, Torres Rivas describes the various divisions of Central American society and their evolution within the liberal development model that has been so much a part of the past century of Central American economic history. The book is compelling in its explanation of the relationship between foreign and native elements in the social development of the region. Torres Rivas describes and analyzes the resulting long-term problems this development has posed for Central America. With a new chapter added for the English edition, History and Society in Central America remains vital for readers interested in the region.

Author: Thomas H. Holloway
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444338846
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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The Companion to Latin American History collects the work of leading experts in the field to create a single-source overview of the diverse history and current trends in the study of Latin America. Presents a state-of-the-art overview of the history of Latin America Written by the top international experts in the field 28 chapters come together as a superlative single source of information for scholars and students Recognizes the breadth and diversity of Latin American history by providing systematic chronological and geographical coverage Covers both historical trends and new areas of interest

Author: Peter Bakewell
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631231608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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This complete history of South and Middle America is now updated to provide fuller coverage of twentieth-century developments in politics and economics, as well as social and cultural life. A complete history of Latin America from pre-conquest to the present-day. Second edition includes new preface, updated bibliography and a new chapter on the 20th century. Covers political, economic, social and cultural history.

Author: Peter Bakewell
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631231615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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This complete history of South and Middle America is now updated to provide fuller coverage of twentieth-century developments in politics and economics, as well as social and cultural life. A complete history of Latin America from pre-conquest to the present-day. Second edition includes new preface, updated bibliography and a new chapter on the 20th century. Covers political, economic, social and cultural history.

Author: Héctor Pérez Brignoli
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780520060494
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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Author: A. Hyatt Verrill
Publisher: Simon Publications
ISBN: 9781931541534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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In all the history of America there is no chapter more replete with adventure, romance, daring and, unfortunately, ruthless cruelty and destruction, than the conquest of what is now known as Latin America. This is its story.

Author: Jeffrey Taffet
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317581172
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 639

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The United States and Latin America presents a complex and dynamic view of the relationship between the United States and Latin America. Through a combination of targeted, thematic chapters and a range of freshly-translated documents, Jeffrey F. Taffet and Dustin Walcher illuminate the historical continuities and conflicts that have defined the vital relationship. Giving equal weight to Latin American and United States voices, this text provides an essential collection of primary sources for students and scholars, and is an indispensable touchstone for anyone interested in the histories of the United States and Latin America.