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. 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 political and social turmoil of 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.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	240
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	University Press of Kentucky
Fecha de Publicación	1995-12-28
Dimensiones	8.52" x 5.57" x 0.64" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Temas	América Latina

Schoonover, Thomas D.

Thomas D. Schoonover is professor emeritus of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the author of eight books, including Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization, The Banana Men, and Germany in Central America.

Langley, Lester D.

Lester D. Langley is professor of history at the University of Georgia. He is the author of The Cuban Policy of the United States: A Brief History, Struggle for the American Mediterranean: United States-European Rivalry in the Gulf-Caribbean, 1776-1904, and The United States and the Caribbean, 1900-1970.