Central America's forgotten history : revolution, violence, and the roots of migration /
Chomsky, Aviva, 1957-
Central America's forgotten history : revolution, violence, and the roots of migration / Aviva Chomsky. - 294 pages : map ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
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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.
Central America's forgotten history : revolution, violence, and the roots of migration / Aviva Chomsky. - 294 pages : map ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9780807056486 0807056480
2020032641
GBC146193 bnb
020140246 Uk
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.