This book provides a historical background to recent Central American social unrest, repression, and revolution to help readers engage in current arguments, claims, and debates in a critically and historically informed manner.
Series in Political Economy and Economic Development in Latin America -- Introduction -- Conquest and Colony, 1500 to 1700 -- Colonial Reform, Political Independence, and the Liberal Experiment, 1700 to 1850 -- The Export Economies: Coffee, Bananas, and Social Structure, 1850 to 1930 -- Economic Decline, War, and the Ascent of the State, 1930 to the 1950s -- Economic Dynamism and Structural Transformation, the 1950s to the Early 1980s -- Economic Dynamism and Political Decay the 1950s to the Early 1980s -- The International Political Economy of Democracy, the 1980s to the Present -- Suggested Readings -- Series in Political Economy and Economic Development in Latin America -- About the Book and Author
