Central American History

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The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930
Lester D. Langley and Thomas D. Schoonover

The Blindfold's Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth
by Dianna Ortiz, Patricia Davis
In 1989 Sister Dianna Ortiz was abducted, raped and tortured by political thugs loyal to the US backed Guatamala government. She later identified one of her torturers as an American. Db.
Hardcover from Orbis Books

Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America
Walter LaFeber
 

Costa Rican Natural History by Daniel H. Janzen Paperback from University of Chicago Press 1983

When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago Paperback from Vintage Books 1994 Cuando era puertorriqueña by Esmeralda Santiago Paperback from Vintage Books 1994

Forging Democracy from Below: Insurgent Transitions in South Africa and El Salvador (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) by Elisabeth Jean Wood Paperback from Cambridge University Press

I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchu, E. Burgos-Debray, Ann Wright Paperback from Verso Books 1987

Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador by Elisabeth J. Wood Paperback from Cambridge University Press

Path Between The Seas : The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough Paperback from Touchstone Books 1978

The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli, Kristina Cordero Hardcover from Knopf

Fidel: : A Critical Portrait by Tad Szulc Paperback from Avon

The Rigoberta Menchú Controversy by Arturo Arias, Editor,Arturo Arias, Elizabeth Chin Paperback from University of Minnesota Press

Copan: The Rise and Fall of a Classic Maya Kingdom by David Webster, Anncorinne Freter, Nancy Gonlin Paperback from Wadsworth Publishing

The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse by David Webster Hardcover from Thames & Hudson

Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World: The Serial Stelae Cycle of "18-Rabbit-God K," King of Copan (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by Elizabeth A. Newsome Hardcover from Univ of Texas Press

Culture and Customs of Ecuador by Michael Handelsman Hardcover from Greenwood Publishing Group

Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America by Alma Guillermoprieto Paperback from Vintage Books

Guatemala: Never Again! by Archidiocese of Guatemala, Thomas Quigley Paperback from Orbis Books

Moon Handbooks: Costa Rica 4 Ed
by Christopher P. Baker
Paperback from Avalon Travel Publishing

The Green Republic : A Conservation History of Costa Rica
by Sterling Evans
Hardcover from Univ of Texas Press

 

Seven Names for the Bellbird: Conservation Geography in Honduras by Mark Bonta Paperback from Texas A&M University Press

Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy by Victor Perera, Daniel Chauche Paperback from University of California Press

 
   

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