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Author:

Chomsky, Aviva, 1957- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

294 pages : map ; 22 cm

Subject:

Central America--History.
Central America--Politics and government.
Central America--Emigration and immigration.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Central America--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Central America.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Conclusion: Trump's border war. 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 -- Pledge of resistance, sanctuary, and solidarity -- Peace treaties and neoliberalism -- Migration -- Conclusion: Trump's border war.

Summary:

Restores the regions fraught history of repression and resistance to popular consciousness and connects the United States interventions and influence to the influx of refugees seeking asylum today.

ISBN:

0807056480
9780807056486

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1179050960

LCCN:

2020032641

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TOPB062 -- Blairstown Public Library (Blairstown)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)