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History and Society in Central America / Edelberto Torres Rivas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: LLILAS Translations from Latin America SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (215 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781477306932
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.9728/052 20
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Translator's Foreword -- Introduction to the 1969 Edition -- 1. Anarchy -- 2. The Liberal Republic -- 3. The Decline of the Agro-Export Society and the World Crisis of 1930 -- 4. The Difficult Transition: World Depression and Postwar Growth -- 5. The New Option: Central American Economic Integration -- 6. In the Eye of the Storm, 1979-1991 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: First published in Chile in 1969 as Interpretación del desarrollo social centroamericano, this classic is now available in English. The first attempt at an integrated analysis of modern Central America's socioeconomic structure, Torres Rivas's work traces the social development of Central America from independence (1871) up to the 1960s. Using a dependency framework, but not limited by it, Torres Rivas describes the various divisions of Central American society and their evolution within the liberal development model that has been so much a part of the past century of Central American economic history. The book is compelling in its explanation of the relationship between foreign and native elements in the social development of the region. Torres Rivas describes and analyzes the resulting long-term problems this development has posed for Central America. With a new chapter added for the English edition, History and Society in Central America remains vital for readers interested in the region.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Translator's Foreword -- Introduction to the 1969 Edition -- 1. Anarchy -- 2. The Liberal Republic -- 3. The Decline of the Agro-Export Society and the World Crisis of 1930 -- 4. The Difficult Transition: World Depression and Postwar Growth -- 5. The New Option: Central American Economic Integration -- 6. In the Eye of the Storm, 1979-1991 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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First published in Chile in 1969 as Interpretación del desarrollo social centroamericano, this classic is now available in English. The first attempt at an integrated analysis of modern Central America's socioeconomic structure, Torres Rivas's work traces the social development of Central America from independence (1871) up to the 1960s. Using a dependency framework, but not limited by it, Torres Rivas describes the various divisions of Central American society and their evolution within the liberal development model that has been so much a part of the past century of Central American economic history. The book is compelling in its explanation of the relationship between foreign and native elements in the social development of the region. Torres Rivas describes and analyzes the resulting long-term problems this development has posed for Central America. With a new chapter added for the English edition, History and Society in Central America remains vital for readers interested in the region.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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