The Heritage of the Conquistadors: Ruling Classes in Central America from Conquest to the Sandinistas. (book reviews)

An outgrowth of the author's La dinastia de los conquistadores (San Jose, 1975), this work attempts to provide an analysis of contemporary problems besetting Central America. Weary of Central American reliance on outside assistance and models, particularly Western European and North American, Samuel Z.

Stone seeks to understand his native Costa Rica and the rest of the isthmus so that Central Americans can find their own solutions for regional problems. Stone begins this journey of self-awareness by focusing on economic resources and their distribution in the five Central American ...

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