According to Euraque, the reformism of the 1970s, which prevented social and political polarization in the 1980s, originated in the local politics of San Pedro Sula and other cities along the North Coast. Moreover, Euraque shows that by the 1960s, the banana-growing areas had become bastions of liberalism, led by local capitalists and organized workers. This regional political culture directly influenced events at the national level, argues Euraque. Specifically, the military coup of 1972 drew its ideology and civilian leaders from the North Coast, and as a result, the new regime was able to successfully channel popular unrest into state-sponsored reform projects. Based on long-ignored sources in Honduran and American archives and on interviews, the book signals a major reinterpretation of modern Honduran history.
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In this new analysis of Honduran social and political development, Darío Euraque explains why Honduras escaped the pattern of revolution and civil wars suffered by its neighbors Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Within this comparative framework, he challenges the traditional Banana Republic 'theory' and its assumption that multinational corporations completely controlled state formation in Central America. Instead, he demonstrates how local society in Honduras's North Coast banana-exporting region influenced national political development.
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A new interpretation of modern Honduran history.
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[Shows] that the Caribbean coast, typically considered an enclave, had direct and influential ties to the rest of the country.
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A meaningful contribution to the literature on Honduras.
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Euraque defeats on its own turf the Banana Republic thesis, which has been so prominent in Honduran historiography.
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"Nations," Eric J. Hobsbawn has argued, "do not make states and nationalisms but the other way around." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Pedro Sula, Villeda Morales, Liberal Party, Gale Varela, Pastor Zelaya, Central America, Bueso Arias, United Fruit Company, Sula Valley, General Carias, United States, Samuel Zemurray, Latin America, Lozano Diaz, World War, Constituent Assembly, Standard Fruit Company, Leiva Vivas, Paz Barahona, Costa Rica, Manuel Bonilla, State Department, Jaime Rosenthal, Mejia Colindres, Juan Manuel New!
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"Nations," Eric J. Hobsbawn has argued, "do not make states and nationalisms but the other way around." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Pedro Sula, Villeda Morales, Liberal Party, Gale Varela, Pastor Zelaya, Central America, Bueso Arias, United Fruit Company, Sula Valley, General Carias, United States, Samuel Zemurray, Latin America, Lozano Diaz, World War, Constituent Assembly, Standard Fruit Company, Leiva Vivas, Paz Barahona, Costa Rica, Manuel Bonilla, State Department, Jaime Rosenthal, Mejia Colindres, Juan Manuel New!
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- Labor in Latin America: Comparative Essays on Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, and Columbia (Comparative Studies in History, Institutions & Public Policy) by Charles Bergquist in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America by James Mahoney in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Transnational Conflicts: Central America, Social Change, and Globalization by William I. Robinson in Back Matter
- The Company They Kept: Migrants and the Politics of Gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960 by Lara Putnam in Back Matter
- Latin American Politics and Development by Howard J. Wiarda on page 526
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