Honduras: The Making of a Banana Republic [Hardcover]

Alison Acker (Author)

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Faced with a changing situation that included a rise in crime and loss of human rights, Hondurans have raised a spirit of nationalism against America, argues Canadian journalist Acker in this timely and incisive workone of the few on this Central American country. She also contends that because of Communist hysteria, the United States has dispossessed peasants and corrupted the government to gain military footing for its Contras. Acker shows how the historical forces that shaped Honduras left it open to foreign encroachment, and she sees no easy future for the country. Essential for scholarly collections. Louise Leonard, Univ. of Florida Lib., Gainesville
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 166 pages
• Publisher: Between the Lines (1988)
• ISBN-10: 0919946887
• ISBN-13: 978-0919946880
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,896,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A solid piece of work, September 15, 1999

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This review is from: Honduras: The Making of a Banana Republic (Paperback)

If you want to know something about Honduran history and politics, if you want to know why that unfortunate land is so unfortunate, read this book. I don't think there is another book which will give you the background so well. It is readable and informative. How well I remember living there many years ago and often finding it difficult to buy a banana in the consummate 'banana republic'. That said it all to me. This book explains why that could be. Read it.