TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parker, Franklin Dallas,
ED  - Royal Institute of International Affairs.
TI  - The Central American Republics
SN  - 0192149113
AV  - F1428 .P3
U1  - 972.8, Par 
PY  - 1964///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Am erique centrale
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Central America
KW  - fast
KW  - nli
N1  - "Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs."; "Notes on bibliography": pages 319-334; Birth of an isthmus -- flora and fauna -- water and land -- the weather -- the coming of man -- Remains of antiquity -- maya culture -- the maya fade-out -- maya studies -- The indigenous population -- fifteenth-century culture -- the spanish conquest -- the indian today -- indian studies -- The isthmus united -- colonial government -- the colonial economy -- colonial learning -- colonial art -- colonial religion -- from independence to disunion -- the process of reunification -- Guatemala -- local government -- development of the state -- mid-twentieth century politics: struggle for democracy -- boundaries and budgets -- subsistence agriculture -- exports and imports -- non-agricultural occupations -- economic outlook -- shoes for the shoeless? -- learning -- art -- religion -- El Salvador -- local government -- development of the state -- mid-twentieth century politics: prerogative of army and aristocracy -- boundaries and budgets -- subsistence agriculture -- exports and imports -- non-agricultural occupations -- economic outlook: promise of new livelihood -- learning -- art -- religion -- Honduras -- local government -- development of the state -- mid-twentieth century politics: travail of liberalism -- boundaries and budgets -- subsistence agriculture -- exports and imports -- non-agricultural occupations -- economic outlook: resources wasted or utilized? -- learning -- art -- religion -- Nicaragua -- local government -- development of the state -- mid-twentiet century politics: the somoza dynasty -- boundaries and budgets -- subsistence agriculture -- exports and imports -- non-agricultural occupations -- economic outlook: termination of private domain -- learning -- art -- religion -- Costa Rica -- local government -- development of the state -- mid-twentieth century politics: triumph of democracy -- boundaries and budgets -- subsistence agriculture -- exports and imports -- non-agricultural occupations -- economic outlook: prosperity through co-operation -- learning -- art -- religion -- A new decade -- postscript on politics; Also issued online
N2  - Historical analysis of the political, economic and cultural characteristics which set each of these five countries off from the others
ER  -