Central America category: 775 books

Colombia is the fourth largest country in South America and one of the continent’s most populous nations. It has substantial oil reserves and is a major producer of gold, silver, emeralds, platinum, and coal, along with a significant number of natural resources. Colombia has also been ravaged by...

Most people in the United States have forgotten that tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California by way of Panama during the California Gold Rush. Decades before the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, this slender spit of land abruptly became the linchpin of the fastest...

George I. Sánchez was a reformer, activist, and intellectual, and one of the most influential members of the "Mexican American Generation" (1930–1960). A professor of education at the University of Texas from the beginning of World War II until the early 1970s, Sánchez was an outspoken proponent...

El libro analiza la actuación de la diplomacia de los Estados Unidos en todos los conflictos Latinoamericanos y del mundo. Este libro será utilizado como material de estudio en la cátedra de Relaciones Internacionales y diplomacia en la Universidad Rusa de la Amistad de los Pueblos. Sin duda, la...

This guide tells you everything you need to know about Belize City, but the Introduction contains extensive information about the entire country when to go, the people and culture, the history, plant and animal life, people and culture, and much more. Although not the capital of the country, Belize...

Moon Handbooks give you the tools to make your own choices. Can't-miss sights, activities, restaurants, and accommodations, marked with M Essential info on San Salvador, El Salvador's resilient urban heart Suggestions on how to plan a trip that's perfect for you, including: The...

Leading English-language account of the fall of Lula's Workers' Party and rise of Bolsonaro and the New Right What does Brazil's lurch to the hard right under Jair Bolsonaro portend for Latin America's most populous society, and how has it come about? Perry Anderson, foremost observer...

In Lost in the Long Transition, a group of scholars who conducted fieldwork research in post-dictatorship Chile during the transition to democracy critically examine the effects of the country's adherence to neoliberal economic development and social policies. Shifting government responsibility for...

The definitive guide to these gorgeous and dramatic sites. Relax on broad Pacific beaches surrounding the surf town of San Juan del Sur. Dine amidst Spanish Colonial Granada’s elegant architecture. Explore dramatic Ometepe Island. This comprehensive guide covers it all, from nightlife in...

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique case study examines America's involvement in the El Salvador civil war of the 1980s. Through the 1980s, the United States involved itself in a civil war in the smallest country on the mainland of the Americas....

Colonial documents and works of literature from early modern Spain are rife with references to public women, whores, and prostitutes. In Profit and Passion, Nicole von Germeten offers a new history of the women who carried and resisted these labels of ill repute. The elusive, ever-changing terminology...

We travel to grow our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise sometimes best done on foot, in a canoe, or through cultural adventures like art courses, cooking classes, learning the language, meeting the people, joining...

Discover a new side of the Caribbean's most popular island destination with the definitive travel guide to the Dominican Republic, researched by Rough Guides' expert authors. Escape the all-inclusive resorts and find the real Dominican Republic - surfboarding resorts and ecolodges in remote...

This complete guide to Guatemala includes special sections on family travel, Mayan history and culture, and detailed itineraries. Guatemala delivers what adventurous travelers dream of: exotic birds and wildlife, world-class caving, whitewater rafting, zip-lining through the jungle, fascinating...