| Descript |
xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Contents |
Land and the people: Environmental conditions -- Peripheral and rural world -- Regional unity and diversity -- Panama -- Belize -- Colonial past (1520-1821): Century of conquest -- Seventeenth-century depression -- Enlightenment -- In search of progress: Independence and the formation of nation-states in the nineteenth century: Failure of the Central American Confederation -- Conservative restoration and foreign threats -- Liberal reforms: New social order -- State, society, nation -- Impoverishing growth (1900-1945): Export economies -- El Senor Presidente: Theory and practice of liberal politics -- Social change -- Big neighbor, good stick -- Growing inequalities (1945-1980): Reform movements in perspective -- Economic change: Industrialization and the Central American common market -- Politics and society: Crisis of the liberal order -- Present crisis (1980-1987) : Overview -- Disparities among the nations -- Uncertain future. |
| Note |
Translation of: Breve historia de Centroamérica. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index. |
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Translation of: Breve historia de Centroamérica. |
| Subject |
Central America -- History.
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Einführung. |
| LC CARD # |
89031889 |
| ISBN |
0520060490 (alk. paper) |
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9780520060494 (alk. paper) |
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0520068327 (pbk.) |
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9780520068322 (pbk.) |
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