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Cover of Gangs and Crime in America: Gangs in Central America - Legacies of War and Authoritarian Rule, Poverty, Lack of Education and Employment, Societal Stigmas, Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC), MS-13
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and its main rival, the "18th Street" gang, continue to undermine citizen security and subvert government authority in parts of Central America. Gang-related violence...
Cover of Gangs and Crime in America: Central America and Mexico Gang Assessment, Cost of Violence, Profiles of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua, Risk Factors, Historical Context
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.Recognizing that gang activity is a complex, multi-faceted, and transnational phenomenon that is clearly in the national interest to address, the USAID Bureau for Latin America and the...
Cover of Dividing the Isthmus

Dividing the Isthmus

Central American Transnational Histories, Literatures, and Cultures

by Ana Patricia Rodríguez
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009

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...
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Stan Stumble

Central Asia Travel Humour

by Narendra Simone
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016

Competing in a race to reach 100 countries and a quest to find the perfect wine brought the one who must always be obeyed and I to Central Asia. Our journey started in Kazakhstan that dates back to the Stone Age, a prehistoric period characterized by the use of stone tools. It was only in the beginning...
Cover of Lonely Planet Central Asia
by Lonely Planet, Stephen Lioy, Anna Kaminski
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018

Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet Central Asia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Enjoy booming Almaty’s cafes, clubs and shops, wind through rugged mountains...
Cover of History and Society in Central America
by Edelberto Torres Rivas
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014

First published in Chile in 1969 as Interpretación del desarrollo social centroamericano, this classic is now available in English. The first attempt at an integrated analysis of modern Central America's socioeconomic structure, Torres Rivas's work traces the social development of Central America...
Cover of Moon Central America
by Avalon Travel
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016

An ebook exclusive, Moon Central America combines Moon's full-length guides to seven Central American countries into one comprehensive digital guide. Moon Central America includes the following country guides: Moon Belize Moon Costa Rica Moon El Salvador Moon Guatemala Moon Honduras...
Cover of Forget Southeast Asia Move to Central America for Retirement, Fun and Profit Southeast Asia vs. Central America
by Claude Acero
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017

This lighthearted expat guide to Central America makes many comparisons and personal references with traditional retirement hotspots in Thailand and Southeast Asia; here you have an exciting tell-it-like-it-is book written by an ex-expat from Thailand who shows you how to successfully start anew in...
Cover of The Banana Men

The Banana Men

American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930

by Lester D. Langley, Thomas D. Schoonover
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014

Ambitious entrepreneurs, isthmian politicians, and mercenaries who dramatically altered Central America's political culture, economies, and even its traditional social values populate this lively story of a generation of North and Central Americans and their roles in the transformation of Central...
Cover of Germany in Central America

Germany in Central America

Competitive Imperialism, 1821-1929

by Thomas Schoonover
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013

Using previously untapped resources including private collections, the records of cultural institutions, and federal and state government archives, Schoonover analyzes the German role in Central American domestic and international relations. Of the four countries most active in independent...
Cover of Lonely Planet Central America
by Lonely Planet
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019

Lonely Planet ***Central America on a shoestring***is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, what hidden discoveries await you, and how to optimise your budget for an extended continental trip. Scale the Maya temples of Tikal, surf the smoothest and most uncrowded...
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The Manuscript Hunter

Brasseur de Bourbourg's Travels through Central America and Mexico, 1854–1859

by Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Katia Sainson
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017

In two decades of traveling throughout Mexico, Central America, and Europe, French priest Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (1814–1874) amassed hundreds of indigenous manuscripts and printed books, including grammars and vocabularies that brought to light languages and cultures little known...
Cover of Indians and the Political Economy of Colonial Central America, 1670–1810
by Robert W. Patch
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013

The history of relations between the Spanish and the Indians of colonial Central America, often oversimplified as a story of unending Spanish abuse, forms a complicated tapestry of economics and politics. Robert W. Patch’s even-handed study of the repartimiento de mercancías—the commercial dealings...
Cover of Central America, 1821-1871

Central America, 1821-1871

Liberalism before Liberal Reform

by Lowell Gudmundson, Hector Lindo-Fuentes
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015

            Central America and its ill-fated federation (1824-1839) are often viewed as the archetype of the “anarchy” of early independent Spanish America. This book consists of two interralted essays dealing with the economic, social, and political changes that took place in Central...
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