Birds of Central America

Birds of Central America

Author: Andrew C. Vallely

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2018-10-16

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 0691184151

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The first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Central America Birds of Central America is the first comprehensive field guide to the avifauna of the entire region, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Handy and compact, the book presents text and illustrations for nearly 1,200 resident and migrant species, and information on all rare vagrants. Two hundred sixty detailed plates on convenient facing-page spreads depict differing ages and sexes for each species, with a special focus on geographic variation. The guide also contains up-to-date range maps and concise notes on distribution, habitat, behavior, and voice. An introduction provides a brief overview of the region’s landscape, climate, and biogeography. The culmination of more than a decade of research and field experience, Birds of Central America is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the bird life of this part of the world. Detailed information on the entire avifauna of Central America 260 beautiful color plates Range maps, text, and illustrations presented on convenient facing-page spreads Up-to-date notes on distribution supported by an extensive bibliography Special focus on geographic variation of bird species


Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms

Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms

Author: Eric Bird

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 1530

ISBN-13: 1402086385

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This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the world’s coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) sequence, assembles a vast amount of data and images of an endangered and increasingly populated and developed landform. An international panel of 138 coastal experts provides information on “what is where” on each sector of coast, together with explanations of the landforms, their evolution and the changes taking place on them. As well as providing details on the coastal features of each country (state or county) the compendium can be used to determine the extent of particular features along the world’s coasts and to investigate comparisons and contrasts between various world regions. With more than 1440 color illustrations and photos, it is particularly useful as a source of information prior to researching or just visiting a sector of coast. References are provided to the current literature on coastal evolution and coastline changes.


The Central American Cookbook: Authentic Central American Recipes from Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and C

The Central American Cookbook: Authentic Central American Recipes from Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and C

Author: Booksumo Press

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-01-21

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781794550285

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Central American Cooking 101.Get your copy of the best and most unique Central American recipes from BookSumo Press! From Panama to Belize. From Costa Rica to Honduras. Experience all the best Latin dishes from Central America! Enjoy classical recipes like Rice and Beans, Central American BBQ sauces, Beef Patties, and so much more. If you ever wanted to travel to Central America, try tasting the cuisine at home! In this book we focus on Central American cooking. The Central American Cookbook is a complete set of simple but very unique Central American recipes. You will find that even though the recipes are simple, the tastes are quite amazing.So will you join us in an adventure of simple cooking?Here is a Preview of the Central American Recipes You Will Learn: Spicy South American Chicken San Salvador Butterflied White Fish Pupusas (Cheese Quesadillas from Salvador) South American Turkey Platanos Maduros Traditional Honduran Holiday Cake Avocado and Fried Bean Tacos from Honduras (Baleadas) Lentils in Bogota Classical Spanish Beef Patties Bistec Encebollao (Steak and Onions) Spanish Carrot Cake Much, much more! Again remember these recipes are unique so be ready to try some new things. Also remember that the style of cooking used in this cookbook is effortless. So even though the recipes will be unique and great tasting, creating them will take minimal effort!Related Searches: Central American cookbook, Central American recipes, South American cookbook, Central America, south america recipes, south america recipes, spanish cookbook


Cruising Ports

Cruising Ports

Author: Patricia Miller Rains

Publisher: Mexico Boating Guide

Published: 2000-06

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780963847027

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Central America, a Nation Divided

Central America, a Nation Divided

Author: Ralph Lee Woodward

Publisher: Latin American Histories

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780195083767

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This popular text surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, from pre-Columbian times to the present. It emphasizes the common characteristics of the Central American states as well as their potential for political union. Now completely updated, the third edition of Central America: A Nation Divided encompasses the significant new research and tumultuous events that have taken place since the last edition was published. The text now includes coverage of the civil wars in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, as well as the restoration of peace to the region under the Central American peace accords. It also recounts and analyzes the substantial changes that have occurred in the economic and social arenas as Central American states have turned increasingly to neoliberal policies that emphasize the private sector and the development of exports while reducing government entitlement programs. Students will find this text enormously helpful for sorting through the vast amounts of significant research that has been written and compiled in the past decade. In addition, the Selective Guide to the Literature section has been completely revised to reflect the great increase in research and writing on Central America. Comprehensive and incisively written, Central America: A Nation Divided is an essential text for Latin American History courses.


Transnational Politics in Central America

Transnational Politics in Central America

Author: Luis Roniger

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780813036632

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"Finally, a study that moves beyond abstract assertions of the importance of a transnational perspective to demonstrate compellingly why transnationalism matters in the specific context of Central America. This is a rich, interdisciplinary look at regional history, politics, and society--of immense value for students of Latin American studies and transnationalism alike."--Thomas Legler, coeditor of Promoting Democracy in the Americas Political theorists tend to write about the countries of Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) either as individual nation-states or as the pawns and victims of international intervention. What these approaches ignore is the shared history of these countries, which were a single nation until domestic and colonial forces dissolved it in the early nineteenth century. In Transnational Politics in Central America, Luis Roniger argues for the importance of examining the connected history, close relationships and mutual impact of the societies of Central America upon one another. Eschewing well-trod theoretical approaches that do not account for the existence of transnational dynamics before the current stage of globalization, this landmark book identifies recurring trends of state fragmentation and attempts at reunification or social and political association in the region over the past two centuries.


Central America

Central America

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2006-05-09

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1589064925

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Intraregional financial activity in Central America has grown substantially in the past decade, contributing to efficiency and economic development. At the same time, the expansion of activities by regional conglomerates has increased the challenges to supervisory authorities of containing the risks of contagion. Prepared as part of the Central America Financial Sector Regional Project by an IMF and World Bank staff team, this book outlines trends in the region's financial sector integration, supervisory responses, development of the insurance sector, payment and securities settlement arrangements, and worker remittances. It addresses the many common policy challenges facing Central American countries--Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama--in financial sector reform. The book offers key policy recommendations.


A Brief History of Central America

A Brief History of Central America

Author: Hector Perez-Brignoli

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1989-11-06

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780520909762

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This is the first interpretive history of Central America by a Central American historian to be published in English. Anyone with an interest in current events in the region will find here an insightful and well-written guide to the history of its five national states—Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Traces of a common past invite us to make generalizations about the region, even to posit the idea of a Central American nation. But, as Hector Perez-Brignoli shows us, we can learn more from a comparative approach that establishes both the points of convergence and the separate paths taken by the five different countries of Central America. The author offers a concise overview of the region's history from the sixteenth century to the present, beginning with human and cultural geography in the first chapter and ending with the present crisis in the last. He deals with the fundamental themes and problems of the area: the characteristics of the colonial heritage, independence and the crisis of the Federal Republic, the formation of nation-states during the nineteenth century, and the development of export agriculture based on coffee and bananas. The narrative moves finally into the twentieth century to look at the growing impoverishment that multiplies inequalities and leads to the shipwreck of liberal democracy. The case of Costa Rica, exceptional in more ways than one, receives special attention.