Description
The analysis specializes in the emigration of 300,000 Salvadoreans to Honduras within the years before the war, inquiring into the reasons for the emigration, its have an effect on on local agricultural economies, and its relation to the conflict. Answers to these questions are in accordance with a new interpretation of national statistics and on original survey research in peasant communities. The creator has used an interdisciplinary approach, drawing at the perspectives of anthropology, ecology, history, demography, and geography.
In addition to its value as a case study in human ecology, this book gives a clear account of the nature and origins of ecological pressures in rural Central The us. The book is illustrated with 21 photographs and 7 maps.