El Salvador: Landscape and Society
Author | : David Browning |
Publisher | : Oxford : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Browning |
Publisher | : Oxford : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Aldo Lauria-Santiago |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2004-05-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822972549 |
During the 1980s, El Salvador's violent civil war captured the world's attention. In the years since, the country has undergone dramatic changes. Landscapes of Struggle offers a broad, interdisciplinary assessment of El Salvador from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the ways local politics have shaped the development of the nation. Proceeding chronologically, these essays-by historians, political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists-explore the political, social, and cultural dynamics governing the Salvadoran experience, including the crucial roles of land, the military, and ethnicity; the effects of the civil war; and recent transformations, such as the growth of a large Salvadoran diaspora in the United States. Taken together, they provide a fully realized portrait of El Salvador's troublesome past, transformative present, and uncertain future.
Author | : Aldo Lauria-Santiago |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jayme A. Sokolow |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2016-07-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1315498677 |
Traditional histories of North and South America often leave the impression that Native American peoples had little impact on the colonies and empires established by Europeans after 1492. This groundbreaking study, which spans more than 300 years, demonstrates the agency of indigenous peoples in forging their own history and that of the Western Hemisphere. By putting the story of the indigenous peoples and their encounters with Europeans at the center, a new history of the "New World" emerges in which the Native Americans become vibrant and vitally important components of the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese empires. In fact, their presence was the single most important factor in the development of the colonial world. By discussing the "great encounter" of peoples and cultures, this book provides a valuable, new perspective on the history of the Americas.
Author | : Russell Crandall |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 719 |
Release | : 2016-05-23 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1316483436 |
El Salvador's civil war between the Salvadoran government and Marxist guerrillas erupted into full force in early 1981 and endured for eleven bloody years. Unwilling to tolerate an advance of Soviet and Cuban-backed communism in its geopolitical backyard, the US provided over six billion dollars in military and economic aid to the Salvadoran government. El Salvador was a deeply controversial issue in American society and divided Congress and the public into left and right. Relying on thousands of archival documents as well as interviews with participants on both sides of the war, The Salvador Option offers a thorough and fair-minded interpretation of the available evidence. If success is defined narrowly, there is little question that the Salvador Option achieved its Cold War strategic objectives of checking communism. Much more difficult, however, is to determine what human price this 'success' entailed - a toll suffered almost entirely by Salvadorans in this brutal civil war.
Author | : Joan Didion |
Publisher | : Pocket Books |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
"Salvador is Miss Didion's unforgettable report--an incredible portrait of the trume meaning of terror, fear and political repression"--Cover
Author | : Christopher M. White |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2008-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0313349290 |
Plagued by political instability, economic hardships, and massacres of innocent men, women, and children, El Salvador has fought for freedom throughout the centuries. No other reference source captures the suffering and adversities this ever-evolving country has faced. El Salvador's tumultuous history and recent past are clearly documented in this comprehensive volume, filling a void on high school and public library shelves. This work offers the most current coverage on this tiny Latin American nation's struggles, covering from the pre-Columbian era to economics and politics in the 21st Century. Complete with interviews and accounts from former rebels and guerillas and other victims of the country's struggle for freedom, this volume highlights a unique account of El Salvador's past-the viewpoints from the civilians who lived through it. Students will find The History of El Salvador to be an invaluable source for social studies, history, current events, and political science classes.
Author | : Anna L. Peterson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2005-11-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0195183339 |
She argues that these rural places, geographically and culturally distant from the lives of most people in the industrialized West, are relevant to urgent political and environmental problems facing the developed world.
Author | : Greg Nickles |
Publisher | : Crabtree Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780778793670 |
Stunning photographs capture the lush landscape of El Salvador from the Pacific coastline to the volcanic mountains and rainforests. Discover the people, cities, and wildlife of the smallest and most densely populated country of Central America.
Author | : James Mahoney |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2001-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801865527 |
Winner of the Barrington Moore Jr. Prize for the Best Book in Comparative and Historical Sociology from the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the Best Book Award in the Comparative Democratization Section from the American Political Science Association Despite their many similarities, Central American countries during the twentieth century were characterized by remarkably different political regimes. In a comparative analysis of Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua, James Mahoney argues that these political differences were legacies of the nineteenth-century liberal reform period. Presenting a theory of "path dependence," Mahoney shows how choices made at crucial turning points in Central American history established certain directions of change and foreclosed others to shape long-term development. By the middle of the twentieth century, three types of political regimes characterized the five nations considered in this study: military-authoritarian (Guatemala, El Salvador), liberal democratic (Costa Rica), and traditional dictatorial (Honduras, Nicaragua). As Mahoney shows, each type is the end point of choices regarding state and agrarian development made by these countries early in the nineteenth century. Applying his conclusions to present-day attempts at market creation in a neoliberal era, Mahoney warns that overzealous pursuit of market creation can have severely negative long-term political consequences. The Legacies of Liberalism presents new insight into the role of leadership in political development, the place of domestic politics in the analysis of foreign intervention, and the role of the state in the creation of early capitalism. The book offers a general theoretical framework that will be of broad interest to scholars of comparative politics and political development, and its overall argument will stir debate among historians of particular Central American countries.