TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bulmer-Thomas,Victor
TI  - The political economy of Central America since 1920
SN  - 0521348390 (pbk.)
AV  - HC 141 B938p 1987
U1  - 338.9728/05 
PY  - 1987///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Central America
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - América Central
KW  - Política económica
N1  - Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 387-401; A 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
N2  - In this book Victor Bulmer-Thomas uses his previously unpublished estimates of the national accounts to explore economic and social development in the five Central American republics from 1920.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
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