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Reinterpreting the "Banana Republic":

Region and State in Honduras, 1870-1972
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Univ of North Carolina Press, 1996 - History - 242 pages
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 neighbors Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Within this comparative framework, he challenges the traditional Banana Republic 'theory' and its assumption that multinational corporations completely controlled state formation in Central America. Instead, he demonstrates how local society in Honduras's North Coast banana-exporting region influenced national political development.

According to Euraque, the reformism of the 1970s, which prevented social and political polarization in the 1980s, originated in the local politics of San Pedro Sula and other cities along the North Coast. Moreover, Euraque shows that by the 1960s, the banana-growing areas had become bastions of liberalism, led by local capitalists and organized workers. This regional political culture directly influenced events at the national level, argues Euraque. Specifically, the military coup of 1972 drew its ideology and civilian leaders from the North Coast, and as a result, the new regime was able to successfully channel popular unrest into state-sponsored reform projects. Based on long-ignored sources in Honduran and American archives and on interviews, the book signals a major reinterpretation of modern Honduran history.

  

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Contents

The Honduran Reforma The State Economic Structure and Class Formation 1870s1940s
1
San Pedro Sulas Capital and Labor Structure and Organization 1870s1940s
21
Honduran Politics and the Rise of the North Coast 18761945
41
Politics and the Modernization of the State and Military 19451957
61
New Industrialization and the Organization of Honduran Capitalists
77
The Radical Liberalism of North Coast Labor 1950s1960s
91
The Military Coup of 1963 Origins and Outcomes
107
San Pedro Sula Capital and Labor Confront Caudillismo and Dictatorship 19651968
121
The North Coast and the Road to Military Reformism 19691972
137
Conclusion
153
Notes
163
Bibliography
195
Index
227
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Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972
Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972
Darío A. Euraque
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Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972
Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972
Darío A. Euraque
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agrarian reform agriculture April Arab banana companies Banco Bogran Boletin Bonilla bourgeoisie Bueso Arias CACM Camara de Comercio capital capitalists Carias Carias's CCIC CCIT Celeo Gonzalez Central America Choluteca coffee Comayagua commercial Consejo country's coup December early economic elections elite established Euraque FESITRANH foreign Gabriel Galvez Gobiernos Guatemala Honduras Honduras's Hondureno industrial investments Jaime Rosenthal Jose Juan late Latin America leaders leadership Leiva Vivas Liberal Party Lopez Arellano Lozano major Manuel Bonilla manufacturing Mejia merchants militant military minister Ministerio municipal National Party nationalists October organized Oscar Gale Varela Partido Party's PDRH peasant Pedro Sula bourgeoisie percent political Posas Prensa president Puerto Cortes Ramon Ramon Villeda Morales reformist regime region represented revenues Rivera Salvador Salvadoran Samuel Zemurray San Pedro Sula sectors September social Standard Fruit Company structure Sula Valley Sula's Tegucigalpa TIPN Trabajo United Fruit Company Villeda Morales Villeda Morales's Zuniga Augustinus

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About the author (1996)

Dario A. Euraque, a native of Honduras, is associate professor of history at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

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TitleReinterpreting the "Banana Republic": Region and State in Honduras, 1870-1972
AuthorDario A. Euraque
Editionillustrated
PublisherUniv of North Carolina Press, 1996
ISBN0807861332, 9780807861332
Length242 pages
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History / Latin America / Central America
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