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The French in Central America

Author : Thomas David Schoonover
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842027922
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book The French in Central America written by Thomas David Schoonover and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounts of the international relations of Central America have been dominated by the role of the United States and Great Britain. The role of France in Central America has largely been overshadowed by the other great powers. In a well-written, tight, and masterful synthesis, Thomas Schoonover redresses this imbalance.p Based on exhaustive multinational archival research, The French in Central America: Culture and Commerce, 1820-1930 details French attempts to establish a sphere of influence in Central America amongst the machinations of the British, Germans, and U.S. who all sought to dominate trade in Central America, control transit routes between the oceans, advise the national militaries, and influence cultural developments.p The book traces the involvement of the French in Central America from Independence to the unsteady economic years following World War I. Central America, in the nineteenth century was an area of vital importance to the French, who, along with a number of other powers, were interested in building a canal across the isthmus. The French in Central America demonstrates how the French used both economic and military means to further their desire for economic as well as colonial expansion. More importantly, the book examines how the French worked to develop strong cultural bonds with the nations of Central America through education, language schools, orders, and military missions. The French sought cultural advantage in considerable part because they hoped and expected commercial benefits to result.p The French in Central America: Culture and Commerce, 1820-1930 is an important addition to the growing literature on the international relations of the Americas. Thisbook will be of great interest to professors and students of French and Central American history as well as individuals interested in international relations and cultural studies.p

Repression, Resistance, and Democratic Transition in Central America

Author : Latin American Studies Association. International Congress
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842027687
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Repression, Resistance, and Democratic Transition in Central America written by Latin American Studies Association. International Congress and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Central America, the last third of the 20th century was a time of dramatic change in which most countries shifted from dictatorships to formal political democracy. This study demonstrates how revolt and revolution served as the motors of political change in Central America. The book examines the various ways in which democratic transition has taken place - all of which have been distinct from countries in South America, where democratization was relatively sudden and peaceful. It analyzes the major forces shaping change in the region and provides the recent political history of all six Central American countries: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama. Each country's particular transition should add to the reader's understanding of democratization.

Handbook of Central American Governance

Author : Diego Sanchez-Ancochea
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113510235X
Total Pages : 677 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Central American Governance written by Diego Sanchez-Ancochea and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central America constitutes a fascinating case study of the challenges, opportunities and characteristics of the process of transformation in today’s global economy. Comprised of a politically diverse range of societies, this region has long been of interest to students of economic development and political change. The Handbook of Central American Governance aims to describe and explain the manifold processes that are taking place in Central America that are altering patterns of social, political and economic governance, with particular focus on the impact of globalization and democratization. Containing sections on topics such as state and democracy, key political and social actors, inequality and social policy and international relations, in addition to in-depth studies on five key countries (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala), this text is composed of contributions from some of the leading scholars in the field. No other single volume studies the current characteristics of the region from a political, economic and social perspective or reviews recent research in such detail. As such, this handbook is of value to academics, students and researchers as well as to policy-makers and those with an interest in governance and political processes.

Media Power in Central America

Author : Rick Rockwell
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252092287
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Media Power in Central America written by Rick Rockwell and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media Power in Central America explores the political and cultural interplay between the media and those in power in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua. Highlighting the subtle strangulation of opposition media voices in the region, the authors show how the years since the guerrilla wars have not yielded the free media systems that some had expected. Rick Rockwell and Noreene Janus examine the region country by country and deal with the specific conditions of government-sponsored media repression, economic censorship, corruption, and consumer trends that shape the political landscape. Challenging the notion of the media as a democratizing force, Media Power in Central America shows how governments use the media to block democratic reforms and outlines the difficulties of playing watchdog to rulers who use the media as a tool of power.

South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002

Author : Jacqueline West
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9781857431216
Total Pages : 974 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002 written by Jacqueline West and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002has been thoroughly revised and updated by Europa's experienced editorial team. The information included is as invaluable to those who know little of the region as it is to the seasoned businessman or academic. It should be in the reference collections of public and academic libraries, international organizations, trade and industrial companies, diplomats, government and the media. Containing a wealth of up-to-date information on the 48 countries and territories of the region, this reference provides a unique perspective on the region with its exhaustive collection of facts, up-to-date statistics, extensive directory details and expert comment.

The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America

Author : William H. Beezley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0585294607
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America written by William H. Beezley and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SR Books' two popular Human Tradition in Latin America titles covering nineteenth- and twentieth-century history have been combined into one exciting new volume. The most compelling chapters from these books are now presented in The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America. This collection offers powerful, fascinating biographies of ordinary people caught in the sometimes devastating historical changes that have occurred in Latin America. From the turbulent struggles for independence in the 1800s to the profound and often overwhelming transformations that have accompanied modernization in this century, The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America personalizes the impact that revolution, economic upheaval, urbanization, the destruction of community life, and the disruption of both traditional family and gender roles have had on Latin Americans. The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America is an invaluable text for courses in Latin American studies. Nowhere else can such varied portraits be found as in these diverse and carefully researched essays written by leading scholars.

Minerals Yearbook

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Minerals Yearbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dealing with the Coffee Crisis in Central America

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Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dealing with the Coffee Crisis in Central America written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Central American report number 1 (Subregional Integration Report Series. MCCA = Serie Informes Subregionales de Integración. MCCA; 1)

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Publisher : BID-INTAL
ISBN 13 : 9507381058
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Central American report number 1 (Subregional Integration Report Series. MCCA = Serie Informes Subregionales de Integración. MCCA; 1) written by and published by BID-INTAL. This book was released on 2000 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Caribbean and Central America

Author : Jeromy S. Lane
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781590334676
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book The Caribbean and Central America written by Jeromy S. Lane and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of its history, the United States has taken great interest in the affairs of its neighbours to the south. From the Monroe Doctrine to Grenada to illegal immigration, America has been and continues to be an active force in the lives of Caribbean and Central American nations. In recent years, the relationships have taken an economic turn as witnessed by several pacts like the Caribbean Basin Initiative and NAFTA, meant to balance the US-dominated relations with these closely-packed countries. In addition, the US has had an enigmatic history with Mexico, involving issues like immigration, drug smuggling, and human rights. The public friendship between Presidents George W Bush and Vicente Fox increased optimism for smooth resolutions of US-Mexican financial and political concerns. However, some friction has remained over American border and security worries, water-usage disputes, and the continual problem of narcotics trafficking. This book compiles a series of analyses of the varied initiatives and governmental actions linking the US to its nearest southern neighbours. present status, and evaluated for potential outcomes. Such comprehensive studies combined in one book make for a necessary resource in attempting to assess the future course of relations among the Americas.

The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity

Author : Todd Hartch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199844593
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity written by Todd Hartch and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Predominantly Catholic for centuries, Latin America is still largely Catholic today, but the religious continuity in the region masks great changes that have taken place in the past five decades. In fact, it would be fair to say that Latin American Christianity has been transformed definitively in the years since the Second Vatican Council. Religious change has not been obvious because its transformation has not been the sudden and massive growth of a new religion, as in Africa and Asia. It has been rather a simultaneous revitalization and fragmentation that threatened, awakened, and ultimately brought to a greater maturity a dormant and parochial Christianity. New challenges from modernity, especially in the form of Protestantism and Marxism, ultimately brought forth new life. In The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity, Todd Hartch examines the changes that have swept across Latin America in the last fifty years, and situates them in the context of the growth of Christianity in the global South.

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America

Author : Rob Vos
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 193100319X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America written by Rob Vos and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview and analysis of the increased presence of European investors in Latin America, in addition to presenting the results of a survey carried out in the major European investor countries whose aim was to analyze corporate investment strategies in Latin America.

Latin American Development Priorities

Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139485075
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Latin American Development Priorities written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved considerable economic growth, yet the region still faces many seemingly intractable problems. The conventional wisdom in development agencies - that prioritization is impossible and that everything must be done - is simply not effective. Latin American Development Priorities shows how limited resources could be used for the greatest benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean region. A panel of economists met over three days in San José to review proposals to tackle the ten most important challenges, which emerged from a survey by the Inter-American Development Bank. The expert panel was asked a question which appears simple but is actually very difficult to answer: What should Latin American governments do with an additional nominal $10 billion? Hard choices are needed if Latin America's problems are to be tackled effectively. This book provides the means to make those choices as objectively as possible.

Multiculturalism in Latin America

Author : R. Sieder
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403937826
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Multiculturalism in Latin America written by R. Sieder and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-06-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last fifteen years Latin American governments reformed their constitutions to recognize indigenous rights. The contributors to this book argue that these changes post fundamental challenges to accepted notions of democracy, citizenship and development in the region. Using case studies from Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru, they analyze the ways in which new legal frameworks have been implemented, appropriated and contested within a wider context of accelerating economic and legal globalization, highlighting the key implications for social policy, human rights and social justice.

Development of Rural Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author : Ruben G. Echeverría
Publisher : IDB
ISBN 13 : 9781931003131
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Development of Rural Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Ruben G. Echeverría and published by IDB. This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics

Author : José Antonio Ocampo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191618012
Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics by : José Antonio Ocampo

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics written by José Antonio Ocampo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America has been central to the main debates on development economics, ranging from the relationships between income inequality and economic growth, and the importance of geography versus institutions in development, to debates on the effects of trade, trade openness and protection on growth and income distribution. Despite increasing interest in the region there are few English language books on Latin American economics. This Handbook, organized into five parts, aims to fill this significant gap. Part I looks at long-term issues, including the institutional roots of Latin America's underdevelopment, the political economy of policy making, the rise, decline and re-emergence of alternative paradigms, and the environmental sustainability of the development pattern. Part II considers macroeconomic topics, including the management of capital account booms and busts, the evolution and performance of exchange rate regimes, the advances and challenges of monetary policies and financial development, and the major fiscal policy issues confronting the region, including a comparison of Latin American fiscal accounts with those of the OECD. Part III analyzes the region's economies in global context, particularly the role of Latin America in the world trade system and the effects of dependence on natural resources (characteristic of many countries of the region) on growth and human development. It reviews the trends of foreign direct investment, the opportunities and challenges raised by the emergence of China as buyer of the region's commodities and competitor in the world market, and the transformation of the Latin America from a region of immigration to one of massive emigration. Part IV deals with matters of productive development. At the aggregate level it analyzes issues of technological catching up and divergence as well as different perspectives on the poor productivity and growth performance of the region during recent decades. At the sectoral level, it looks at agricultural policies and performance, the problems and prospects of the energy sector, and the effects on growth of lagging infrastructure development. Part V looks at the social dimensions of development; it analyzes the evolution of income inequality, poverty, and economic insecurity in the region, the evolution of labor markets and the performance of the educational sector, as well as the evolution of social assistance programs and social security reforms in the region. The contributors are leading researchers that belong to different schools of economic thought and most come from countries throughout Latin America, representing a range of views and recognising the diversity of the region. This Handbook is a significant contribution to the field, and will be of interest to academics, graduate students and policy makers interested in economics, political economy, and public policy in Latin America and other developing economies.

What is Latin American History?

Author : Marshall Eakin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509538534
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book What is Latin American History? written by Marshall Eakin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. After briefly sketching the growth of the topic up to the 1960s, Marshall Eakin focuses on the past half-century, from the dominance of social history to the cultural turn. He surveys innovative work on topics including slavery, indigenous peoples, race, the environment, science, medicine, and gender, and ends with a discussion of the emergence of the concepts of borderlands, the Atlantic world, and transnational history – that both enrich and challenge the very idea of Latin America. This concise volume offers the first broad overview of Latin American history and historiography for students, scholars, and the general reader, outlining the key social, cultural, and political forces that have shaped both Latin America and its study.