Foster, Lynn V.

A brief history of Central America / Lynn V. Foster. - 2nd ed. - New York : Facts on File, 2007. - 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The land and Its first peoples -- The Mayans and their neighbors -- The Spanish Conquest (1492-1541) -- Founding of the Kingdom of Guatemala (1541-1570) -- Life in the colony -- The Bourbons and Independence (1700-1823) -- The Federation of Central America (1823-1839) -- Conservatives and foreign profiteers (1840-1870) -- The making of the Coffee Republics (1870-1900) -- Dollar "diplomacy" and the dictators (1898-1944) 1 -- Challenge to the Old Order (1944-1975) -- Civil Wars (1975-1996) -- The challenge of peace and democracy.

ISBN: 081606671X 9780816066711

LCCN: 2006049760

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Central America--History.

LC Class. No.: F1436 / .F68 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 972.8