Central America's Forgotten History
Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration

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- Release Date: 04/20/2021
- Publisher: Beacon Press
- Classification: Nonfiction
- Classification: Nonfiction
- Series: N/A
- Format: Unabridged edition
- Genre: History, Social Issues
- Author: Aviva Chomsky
- Read by: Aida Reluzco
- Duration: 642 minutes
- Run Time: 642 minutes
- 9 Audio CD(s) - 9781662082979
- 2 Audio MP3 CD(s) - 9781662083594
Central America's Forgotten History
Central America's Forgotten History
Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
- By Aviva Chomsky
- Genre: History, Social Issues
Audio CD
06/01/2021
9 Audio CD
642 minutes
9781662082979
Audio MP3 CD
06/01/2021
2 Audio MP3 CD
642 minutes
9781662083594
Description:
While Central American migration is widely discussed, the histories and realities of Central America that were well known several decades ago and continue to profoundly shape the region today are virtually erased from social memory. At the center of the American immigration debate are migrants from Central America fleeing corruption and violence in search of asylum in the United States. However, when we discuss these migrants, we often fail to acknowledge the circumstances and ongoing effects of Central America's historical political strife. In Central America's Forgotten History, Aviva Chomsky expertly connects the erasure of history to the current influx of Central Americans to the United States today and shows how their past and present invisibility are directly related to the factors that cause them to migrate, that result in their labor being exploited, and that allow that exploitation to be justified. Tracing the roots of displacement and migration in Central America to the Spanish conquest, Chomsky answers the urgent question of How did we get here? Ultimately, she concludes that the more immediate roots of migration from the three Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) lie in the wars and U.S. interventions of the 1980s, which spurred refugee streams and set the stage for increased U.S. presence, and the peace accords in the 1990s, which set the stage for neoliberalism in Central America.Audiobook
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