Honduras (Cultures of the World)
A competent, up-to-date look at this Central American nation. Following introductory chapters on the geography, history, and government, the clearly written book focuses on contemporary life. The economy, population, religion, leisure activities, holidays, indigenous and ethnic groups, and rural and urban lifestyles are all covered.
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Jackson, Jeffrey T. The Globalizers: Development Workers in Action
Using Honduras as a case study, the author highlights the processes by which wealthy western countries target countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East for political economic construction, or nation building. Jackson examines the significant role played by international development workers operating in Honduras over the past thirty years, exploring the mechanisms of power at the disposal of these development organisations, the expertise of those administering development aid, the agency of development workers, and the benefits that accrue to donor countries.
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Lonely Planet Central America on a Shoestring
Scale Mayan pyramids, worship the sun on palm-fringed shores and chill out in the shade of a smouldering volcano. Whatever your passion, Central America is jam-packed with possibilities. Written by experts who travel on your budget, this guide lets you go further, stay longer and pay less for the adventure of a lifetime.
BuyLabels: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Travel Guide
Fodor's Central America (Second Edition)
Lose yourself in a gargantuan cloud forest, discover a deserted island, hike up the rim of a volcano's crater, navigate white-water rapids past toucans and iguanas or wander among ruins still tangled in jungle – Fodor’s Central America offers all these experiences and more. BuyLabels: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Travel Guide
Euraque, Dario A. Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: Region and State in Honduras, 1870-1972
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 neighbours Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. BuyLabels: History, Honduras, Politics
Chasteen, John Charles. Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America
Made up of 20 very different countries, Latin America has sometimes been treated as though it were a homogeneous unit, one mired in poverty and political instability. University of North Carolina scholar John Charles Chasteen's sweeping history of the region imparts a sense of how diverse - ethnically, linguistically, culturally - Latin America truly is, and of how that part of the world is rapidly changing. BuyLabels: Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, History, Honduras
Moon Handbooks Honduras
Honduras Handbook has extensive coverage of hiking, backpacking, scuba diving, snorkelling, and boating; reviews of hundreds of restaurants and hotels; 35 detailed maps; a Spanish glossary with Honduran slang; plus articles on the ruins of Copan, the Bay Islands, and the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. Buy
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Prashad, Vijay and Teo Ballve (Eds). Dispatches from Latin America: On the Frontlines against Neoliberalism
Dispatches from Latin America reports on countries from Mexico to Argentina to map the contemporary political and social territory. Drawn from the pages of the well-respected NACLA Report, this collection offers a riveting series of accounts that bring new insight into the region's struggles and victories. With shrewd analysis rendered in accessible language, Dispatches lays plain the complex and vitally important conditions unfolding in 21st-century Latin America. Buy
Labels: Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Politics
Benjamin, Medea. Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado
Elvia Alvarado tells the story of her life and the life of the people of Honduras. Read it and understand the struggle against tyranny of the poor. Read it and act. BuyLabels: Biography, Honduras, Inspirational, Women
Soluri, John. Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States
How did the rise in banana consumption in the United States affect the banana-growing regions of Central America? In this lively, interdisciplinary study, John Soluri integrates agro-ecology, anthropology, political economy, and history to trace the symbiotic growth of the export banana industry in Honduras and the consumer mass market in the United States. Buy
Labels: History, Honduras
The Rough Guide to Central America 3
Corrugated by mountains and studded by volcanoes, Central America reaches from Mexico towards South America like a hooked, tentative finger. Its geography - seven piecemeal nations stacked on top of each other in a narrowing isthmus - is in many ways its destiny: a distinct region caught between two larger realities. BuyLabels: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Travel Guide
Williamson, Edwin. The Penguin History of Latin America
Williamson (Univ. of Edinburgh) has accomplished a nearly impossible task: he has produced a lucid, objective interpretation for the non-specialist reader. The book is organized topically, rather than by country, and the author wisely selects regional examples of his major themes, rather than attempting a detailed analysis of each country. The work ends with an unusual exploration of literature and culture in relation to identity and modernization, followed by a helpful bibliographic essay.
BuyLabels: Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, History, Honduras
Youngers, Coletta and Eileen Rosin. Drugs and Democracy in Latin America: the Impact of U.S. Policy
Although the U.S. has spent more than $25 billion on international drug-control programs over the past two decades, it has failed to reduce the supply of cocaine and heroin entering the country. It has, however, succeeded in generating widespread, often profoundly damaging, consequences, most notably in Latin America and the Caribbean.
BuyLabels: Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Politics
Barry, Tom. Central America Inside Out
This indispensable guide offers a comprehensive, country-by-country look at the current state of affairs in the most explosive region in the hemisphere. BuyLabels: Costa Rica, Culture, El Salvador, Honduras, Politics
Adventures in Nature: Honduras
Well-seasoned Honduran travellers James Gollin and Ron Mader explain how "tourism is an integral part of environmental preservation" in Honduras, as they delve into the largest tract of remaining forest in all of Central America and swim along the longest coral reef in the Northern Hemisphere. BuyLabels: Environment, Honduras, Travel Guide
Adventure Guide Honduras & the Bay Islands
Bursting with relevant and exciting information...a great new resource.
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Acker, Alison. Honduras: The Making of a Banana Republic
Faced with a changing situation that included a rise in crime and loss of human rights, Hondurans have raised a spirit of nationalism against America, argues Canadian journalist Acker in this timely and incisive work, one of the few on this Central American country. BuyLabels: Development, History, Honduras
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