The Oxford handbook of Central American history / edited by Robert H. Holden.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020-2022.
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1 online resource.

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Series
Oxford handbooks online. [More in this series]
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Monthly
Summary note
Central America is a region defined primarily by its geographical configuration as a canal-friendly isthmus, and its three-century history as the Spanish Kingdom of Guatemala. Having gained independence in 1821, the Kingdom broke up into the nations of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica after two turbulent decades as a federated republic. Political instability and violence, poverty and inequality, ethnic strife, military rule, and a historic economic dependence on the export of coffee and bananas marked the region's history.
Notes
Also issued in print: 2022.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 21, 2022).
Contents
  • Interpreting the History of a Region in Crisis / Robert H. Holden
  • The Political Economy / Robert G. Williams
  • State Making and Nation Building / David Díaz Arias
  • Central America and the United States / Michel Gobat
  • The Cold War: Authoritarianism, Empire, and Social Revolution / Joaquín M. Chávez
  • Central America since the 1990s: Crime, Violence, and the Pursuit of Democracy / Christine J. Wade
  • The Rise and Retreat of the Armed Forces / Orlando J. Pérez, Randy Pestana
  • Religion, Politics, and the State / Bonar L. Hernández Sandoval
  • Literature, Society, and Politics / Werner Mackenbach
  • Guatemala / David Carey Jr.
  • Honduras / Dario A. Euraque
  • Land and Climate: Natural Constraints and Socio-Environmental Transformations / Anthony Goebel McDermott
  • El Salvador / Erik Ching
  • Nicaragua / Julie A. Charlip
  • Costa Rica / Iván Molina
  • Panama / Michael E. Donoghue
  • Belize / Mark Moberg
  • The Cultural Crossroads of Coloanial Central America / Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara
  • Women in Central America since Independence / Eugenia Rodríguez Sáenz
  • Regaining Ground: Indigenous Populations and Territories / Peter H. Herlihy, Matthew L. Fahrenbruch, Taylor A. Tappan
  • The Ancient Civilizations / William R. Fowler
  • Marginalization, Assimilation, and Resurgence: The Indigenous Peoples since Independence / Wolfgang Gabbert
  • The Spanish Conquest? / Laura E. Matthew
  • Spanish Colonial Rule / Stephen Webre
  • From Kingdom to Republics, 1808-1840 / Aaron Pollack.
Other title(s)
Central American history
ISBN
  • 9780197638507
  • 0197638503
  • 9780190928377
  • 0190928379
  • 9780190928384
  • 0190928387
OCLC
1321804946
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