Central America Since IndependenceLeslie Bethell General chapters on Central America 1821-1870, 1870-1930 & 1930 to the present, are followed by chapters on each of the five Central American republics -- Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras & Costa Rica -- since 1930. Excerpted from the Cambridge History of Latin America. |
Contents
The aftermath of independence 1821 c 1870 | 5 |
I | 28 |
The Liberal era c 1870 1930 | 37 |
Guatemala since 1930 | 121 |
El Salvador since 1930 | 159 |
Honduras since 1930 | 193 |
Nicaragua since 1930 | 229 |
Costa Rica since 1930 | 281 |
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