Pearcy, Thomas L.,

The history of Central America / Thomas Pearcy. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006. - xix, 167 p. : 24 cm.

Introduction to the Seven Nations of Central America -- Early Central America -- From United Provinces to Independent States: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua -- Panama: From Colombian Province to Occupied State -- The United States and Central America -- The Cold War I: Communism and "Freedom Fighters" -- The Cold War II: Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama -- Central America in the Twenty-First Century -- Notable People in the History of Central America -- Central American History: A Bibliographic Essay. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

0313322937 (alk. paper)


Central America--History.

972.8 / PEA/H