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

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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 and index
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Central America's forgotten history
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1179050960
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
A crisis with deep roots. 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 -- Revolution in the 1970s and '80s. 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 -- Killing hope. Peace treaties and neoliberalism ; Migration -- Conclusion: Trump's border war
Target audience
adult
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