A Brief History of Central America

by Hector Perez-Brignoll and Héctor Pérez Brignoli

Book Overview

This is the first interpretive history of Central America by a Central American historian to be published in English. Anyone with an interest in current events in the region will find here an insightful and well-written guide to the history of its five national states-Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Traces of a common past invite us to make generalizations about the region, even to posit the idea of a Central American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520068327
• ISBN13: 9780520068322
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent summary

The author does an execellent job on summarizing many years of Central American history. If you want to learn a little something about Central America and its history this is the book.