Bibliograph

Central America's forgotten history, revolution, violence, and the roots of migration, Aviva Chomsky

Type

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Central America's forgotten history, revolution, violence, and the roots of migration, Aviva Chomsky

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-277) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Central America's forgotten history

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1245589115

Responsibility statement

Aviva Chomsky

Sub title

revolution, violence, and the roots of migration

Summary

"Places Central American migration to the United States in the context of the region's history of conquest, colonialism, revolution, and neoliberalism, looking especially at the revolutionary experiments of the 1980s and their aftermath"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Invisibility and forgetting -- Making the United States, making Central America : bananas, coffee, savages, and bandits -- The Cold War, ten years of spring, and the Cuban Revolution -- Guatemala : reform, revolution, and genocide -- Nicaragua : "Luchamos contra el yanqui, enemigo de la humanidad" -- El Salvador : si Nicaragua venció, ¡El Salvador vencerá! -- Honduras : staging ground for war and Reaganomics -- Central America solidarity in the United States -- Peace treaties and neoliberalism -- Migration -- Conclusion: Trump's border war

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