Coffee and Power: Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America,

by Jeffery M. Paige

Book Overview

Between 1979 and 1992 it would have been difficult to find three political systems as different as death-squad-dominated El Salvador, peaceful social-democratic Costa Rica, and revolutionary Sandinista Nicaragua. Yet when the fighting was ended by a peace plan initiated by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, all three had found a common destination in democracy and free markets. This book aims to explain this turn of events, exploring political, economic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674136489
• ISBN13: 9780674136489
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"