02039pam a2200349 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160060019000330070003000520080041000550100017000960200022001130200025001350400018001600410008001780430012001860500023001980820016002211000034002372450081002712600064003523000040004164400043004565000022004995040030005215050510005515200363010616510038014246510048014628560089015108560090015991949136BJBSDDR20230411090815.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta870416s1987    enkb     b    001 0 eng    a   87011779   a0521348390 (pbk.)  a9780521348393 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCdDLC  aeng  anc-----14aHC 141bB938p 198700a338.9728/051 aBulmer-Thomas, Victor,d1948-14aThe political economy of Central America since 1920 /cVictor Bulmer-Thomas.  aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c1987.  axxiii, 416 pages : bmap ; c23 cm. 0aCambridge Latin American studies ;v63  aIncludes indexes.  aBibliography: p. 387-401.  aA century independence: foundations of export-led growth
Central america in the 1920s: reform and consolidation
The 1929 depression
Economic recovery and political reaction in the 1930s
Central america and the second world war
Post-war economic recory
The struggle for democracy, the cold war and the labour
The foundations of modern export-led growth, 1954-60
The illusion of a golden age, 1960-70
External shocks and the challenge to the social order, 1970-9
The descent into regional crisis
Conclusions  aIn this book Victor Bulmer-Thomas uses his previously unpublished estimates of the national accounts to explore economic and social development in the five Central American republics from 1920. The social upheavals accompanying the post-war export-led boom forced governments in each republic to address the question of economic, social and political reform. 0aCentral AmericaxEconomic policy. 4aAmérica Central xPolítica económica 423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/87011779-d.html413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/87011779-t.html