Inside The Volcano: The History And Political Economy Of Central America

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Tables and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Conquest and Colony, 1500 to 1700
Geography and Peoples
Conquest and Social Destruction
Production in the Early Years of the Colony
The Beginnings of Colonial Society
Spain in the Era of Mercantile Colonialism
Marginalization and Economic Decay in Central America
Notes
2 Colonial Reform, Political Independence, and the Liberal Experiment, 1700 to 1850
Bourbons, Reason, and Reform
Honduran Silver
The Indigo Cycle
On the Eve of Central American Independence
The Nature of Spanish American Independence
Central American Independence
Liberalism, Conservatism, and State Formation in Spanish America
Political Turmoil in Postindependence Central America
Patterns of State Making
Notes
3 The Export Economies: Coffee, Bananas, and Social Structure, 1850 to 1930
Central America in the World Economy
Analytical Issues
The Organization of Export Production
The State
Economic Growth Without Development
Notes
4 Economic Decline, War, and the Ascent of the State, 1930 to the 1950s
Political Reorganization
New Patterns in State Policies and Power
The War and Political Reform
Reform and Reaction
The Political Econom yof the State
Notes
5 Economic Dynamism and Structural Transformation, the 1950s to the Early 1980s
Export Diversification and Agricultural Growth
Industrial Growth and the Central American Common Market
An Analytical Framework
Notes
6 Economic Dynamism and Political Decay, the 1950s to the Early 1980s
The Politics of Religion
Civil War, Revolution, and Reform
Growth, Inequality, and Social Reform
Notes
7 The International Political Econom yof Democracy, the 1980s to the Present
Electoral Politics, Democracy, and U.S. Policy
The End of the International Communist Conspiracy
Notes
Suggested Readings
About the Series
About the Book and Author
Index