The United States in Central America, 1860-1911

The United States in Central America, 1860-1911
Author: Thomas David Schoonover
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780822311607

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In a work of unprecedented scope, Thomas D. Schoonover combines exhaustive multicountry archival research with a sophisticated theoretical framework grounded in world systems theory to elucidate the relations between the United States and Central America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Schoonover's archival research in Central America, Europe, and the United States encompasses public, business, organizational, and individual records. In analyzing this material, Schoonover applies a world systems theory approach with that of social imperialism and dependency theory to underscore the broad, multistate dimension of international affairs. In exploring the international history of Central America, Schoonover describes the role of personalities such as John C. Frémont, Otto von Bismarck, Theodore Roosevelt, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, and José Santos Zelaya; the impact of railroad building and canal projects; and the role of pan-Americanism, nationalism, racism, and anti-Americanism.

The Fair Land of Central America

The Fair Land of Central America
Author: Maurice de Waleffe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1911
Genre: Central America
ISBN:

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History of Central America ...

History of Central America ...
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1882
Genre: Central America
ISBN:

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The Banana Men

The Banana Men
Author: Lester D. Langley
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 081314597X

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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 America from the late nineteenth century until the onset of the Depression. The Banana Men is a study of modernization, its benefits, and its often frightful costs. The colorful characters in this study are fascinating, if not always admirable. Sam "the Banana Man" Zemurray, a Bessarabian Jewish immigrant, made a fortune in Honduran bananas after he got into the business of "revolutin," and his exploits are now legendary. His hired mercenary Lee Christmas, a bellicose Mississippian, made a reputation in Honduras as a man who could use a weapon. The supporting cast includes Minor Keith, a railroad builder and banana baron; Manuel Bonilla, the Honduran mulatto whose cause Zemurray subsidized; and Jose Santos Zelaya, who ruled Nicaragua from 1893 to 1910. The political and social turmoil of the modern Central America cannot be understood without reference to the fifty-year epoch in which the United States imposed its political and economic influence on vulnerable Central American societies. The predicament of Central Americans today, as isthmian peoples know, is rooted in their past, and North Americans have had a great deal to do with the shaping of their history, for better or worse.

FAIR LAND OF CENTRAL AMER

FAIR LAND OF CENTRAL AMER
Author: Maurice De 1874-1946 Waleffe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2016-08-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781362096009

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SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE O

SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE O
Author: Jose Maria 1869 Moncada
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781373566904

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