Armies Without Nations: Public Violence and State Formation in Central America, 1821-1960

by Robert H. Holden

Book Overview

Public violence, a persistent feature of Latin American life since the collapse of Iberian rule in the 1820s, has been especially prominent in Central America. Robert H. Holden shows how public violence shaped the states that have governed Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Linking public violence and patrimonial political cultures, he shows how the early states improvised their authority by bargaining with armed bands or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195310209
• ISBN13: 9780195310207
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"