Dividing the Isthmus: Central American Transnational Histories, Literatures, and Cultures By Ana Patricia RodrÃguez
Publisher: University of Texas Press 2009-05-01 | 308 Pages | ISBN: 0292719094 | PDF | 4.9 MB
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 well as an era of homegrown inequities, injustices, and impunities to which Central Americans have responded in creative and critical ways...