Dividing the Isthmus : : Central American Transnational Histories, Literatures, and Cultures /

Dividing the Isthmus : : Central American Transnational Histories, Literatures, and Cultures / / Ana Patricia Rodríguez.

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In 1899, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) was officially incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts, beginning an era of economic, diplomatic, and military interventions in Central America. This event marked the inception of the struggle for economic, political, and cultural autonomy in Central America as...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Rodríguez, Ana Patricia,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2009
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Central American Transisthmian Histories, Literatures, and Cultures
  • 1. Costa Rican Grounds and the Founding of the Coffee Republics
  • 2. Nations Divided: U.S. Intervention, Banana Enclaves, and the Panama Canal
  • 3. The Power of Indigo: Testimonio, Historiography, and Revolution in Cuzcatlán
  • 4. K’atun Turning in Greater Guatemala: Trauma, Impunity, and Diaspora
  • 5. The War at Home: Latina/o Solidarity and Central American Immigration
  • 6. “Departamento 15”: Salvadoran Transnational Migration and Narration
  • 7. Wasted Opportunities: Central America after the Revolutions
  • Epilogue. Weathering the Storm: Central America in the Twenty-first Century
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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