Central America category: 775 books
by Frank C. Newby
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2012
The story of Central America is one of plunder and pillage by the nations of the world: The gunboat diplomacy of the United States; the influence of the CIA; the greed of giant international corporations; the tragedy of slavery and conquest.This part of the world has never known stability or peace....
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
This new, fully updated edition of The Rough Guide to Central America on a Budget is the ultimate guide to the region, covering all seven Central American countries in depth with Rough Guides' unique tell-it-like-it-is style. Rough Guides' intrepid authors have climbed up Mayan monuments, braved chicken...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study focuses on the issue of the growing threat of transnational criminal gangs spreading throughout the Central America and the United States (U.S.). More specifically, the study addresses...
Armies without Nations
Public Violence and State Formation in Central America, 1821-1960
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Public violence, a persistent feature of Latin American life since the collapse of Iberian rule in the 1820s, has been especially prominent in Central America. Robert H. Holden shows how public violence shaped the states that have governed Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua....
Germany in Central America
Competitive Imperialism, 1821-1929
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Using previously untapped resources including private collections,
the records of cultural institutions, and federal and state government
archives, Schoonover analyzes the German role in Central American domestic
and international relations.
Of the four countries most active in independent...
INSIDE CENTRAL AMERICA
The Essential Facts Past and Present on El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Since 1979, United States policy in Central America has been based on an assumption that revolutionary movements led by Marxists must represent a serious threat to U.S. interests and security. On this point, the difference between liberals and conservatives is merely one of emphasis or accent.
Such...
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
The Rough Guide Snapshot to Nicaragua is the ultimate budget guide to Nicaragua. It leads you through the country with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the top sights and attractions, from the best surfing and hiking (and even volcano-boarding) to the most beautiful colonial...
Women Legislators in Central America
Politics, Democracy, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
During the years between 1980 and 1999, in the midst of war and economic crisis, a record number of women were elected to national legislatures in Central American republics. Can quantitative increases in the presence of elected women in Central America produce qualitative political changes?In this detailed...
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Now available in ePub format.
The Rough Guide Snapshot to Nicaragua is the ultimate budget guide to Nicaragua. It leads you through the country with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the top sights and attractions, from Granada to Little Corn, alongside cash-saving tips...
by Insight Guides
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
All you need to inspire every step of your journey. An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook. From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when youarrive, this Insight Guides book is allyou need to plan your trip and experience the best of Central America, within-depth insider information...
The Business of Empire
United Fruit, Race, and U.S. Expansion in Central America
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
The link between private corporations and U.S. world power has a much longer history than most people realize. Transnational firms such as the United Fruit Company represent an earlier stage of the economic and cultural globalization now taking place throughout the world. Drawing on a wide range of...
by Maria Gill
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Costa Rica is sometimes referred to as “the Switzerland of Central America” and no wonder…the comfortable lifestyle, peaceful government, and stunning natural wonders make this small Central American country the perfect vacation spot. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction To Costa...
Panama & Costa Rica Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Panama lies in Central America, between the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It occupies a strategic position along the isthmus linking South America to North America. The country is bounded by Costa Rica to the north and Colombia to the south and Panama's official currency...
Identity and Struggle at the Margins of the Nation-State
The Laboring Peoples of Central America and the Hispanic Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 1998
Identity and Struggle at the Margins of the Nation-State brings together new research on the social history of Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Aviva Chomsky and Aldo A. Lauria Santiago have gathered both well-known and emerging...