Perez-Brignoli, Hector; Sawrey, Ricardo B., And De Sawrey, Susana Stettri (Translated By) Listings

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1 Perez-Brignoli, Hector; Sawrey, Ricardo B., and De Sawrey, Susana Stettri (Translated by) A Brief History of Central America Berkeley, CA University of California Press 1989 0520060490 / 9780520060494 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Collectible  xvi, 223 pp., illus., bib. notes, index; 22 cm. Translation of: Breve historia de Centroamerica. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. 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.  Price: 14.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart