Leading scholars of Central America offer critical analyses of major themes in the historiography of this seven-country region of Latin America. Chapters engage both the novice's search for basic orientation and context, and the experienced scholar's interest in evaluative critiques of the historical literature.
Leading scholars of Central America offer critical analyses of major themes in the historiography of this seven-country region of Latin America. Chapters engage both the novice's search for basic orientation and context, and the experienced scholar's interest in evaluative critiques of the historical literature.
Robert H. Holden is a professor of Latin American history at Old Dominion University. He is the author of Armies Without Nations: Public Violence and State Formation in Central America, 1821-1960; the co-author, with Rina Villars, of Contemporary Latin America: 1970 to the Present; and he contributed the essay on modern Latin America to volume four of The Cambridge World History of Violence.
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* OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY * Introduction: Interpreting the History of a Region in Crisis * Robert H. Holden * Part I: Human and Territorial Contexts * 1 Land and Climate: Natural Constraints and Socio-Environmental Transformations * Anthony Goebel McDermott * 2 Regaining Ground: Indigenous Populations and Territories * Peter H. Herlihy, Matthew L. Fahrenbruch, Taylor A. Tappan * 3 The Ancient Civilizations * William R. Fowler * 4 Marginalization, Assimilation, and Resurgence: The Indigenous Peoples since Independence * Wolfgang Gabbert * Part II: Conquest, Colonialization, and the Path to Self Rule * 5 The Spanish Conquest? * Laura E. Matthew * 6 Spanish Colonial Rule * Stephen Webre * 7 The Kingdom of Guatemala as a Cultural Crossroads * Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara * 8 From Kingdom to Republics, 1808-1840 * Aaron Pollack * Part III: Challenges of Modernity since c. 1840 (Regional Frame) * 9 The Political Economy * Robert G. Williams * 10 State Making and Nation Building * David Díaz Arias * 11 Central America and the United States * Michel Gobat * 12 The Cold War: Authoritarianism, Empire, and Social Revolution * Joaquín M. Chávez * 13 Central America since the 1990s: Crime, Violence, and the Pursuit of Democracy * Christine J. Wade * 14 The Rise and Retreat of the Armed Forces * Orlando J. Pérez and Randy Pestana * 15 Religion, Politics, and the State * Bonar L. Hernández Sandoval * 16 Women and Citizenship: Feminist and Suffragist Movements, 1880-1957 * Eugenia Rodriguez Sáenz * 17 Literature, Society, and Politics * Werner Mackenbach * Part IV: Challenges of Modernity since c. 1840 (National Frame) * 18 Guatemala * David Carey Jr. * 19 Honduras * Dario A. Euraque * 20 El Salvador * Erik Ching * 21 Nicaragua * Julie A. Charlip * 22 Costa Rica * Iván Molina * 23 Panama * Michael E. Donoghue * 24 Belize * Mark Moberg * Contributors * Index
* OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY * Introduction: Interpreting the History of a Region in Crisis * Robert H. Holden * Part I: Human and Territorial Contexts * 1 Land and Climate: Natural Constraints and Socio-Environmental Transformations * Anthony Goebel McDermott * 2 Regaining Ground: Indigenous Populations and Territories * Peter H. Herlihy, Matthew L. Fahrenbruch, Taylor A. Tappan * 3 The Ancient Civilizations * William R. Fowler * 4 Marginalization, Assimilation, and Resurgence: The Indigenous Peoples since Independence * Wolfgang Gabbert * Part II: Conquest, Colonialization, and the Path to Self Rule * 5 The Spanish Conquest? * Laura E. Matthew * 6 Spanish Colonial Rule * Stephen Webre * 7 The Kingdom of Guatemala as a Cultural Crossroads * Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara * 8 From Kingdom to Republics, 1808-1840 * Aaron Pollack * Part III: Challenges of Modernity since c. 1840 (Regional Frame) * 9 The Political Economy * Robert G. Williams * 10 State Making and Nation Building * David Díaz Arias * 11 Central America and the United States * Michel Gobat * 12 The Cold War: Authoritarianism, Empire, and Social Revolution * Joaquín M. Chávez * 13 Central America since the 1990s: Crime, Violence, and the Pursuit of Democracy * Christine J. Wade * 14 The Rise and Retreat of the Armed Forces * Orlando J. Pérez and Randy Pestana * 15 Religion, Politics, and the State * Bonar L. Hernández Sandoval * 16 Women and Citizenship: Feminist and Suffragist Movements, 1880-1957 * Eugenia Rodriguez Sáenz * 17 Literature, Society, and Politics * Werner Mackenbach * Part IV: Challenges of Modernity since c. 1840 (National Frame) * 18 Guatemala * David Carey Jr. * 19 Honduras * Dario A. Euraque * 20 El Salvador * Erik Ching * 21 Nicaragua * Julie A. Charlip * 22 Costa Rica * Iván Molina * 23 Panama * Michael E. Donoghue * 24 Belize * Mark Moberg * Contributors * Index
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