Coffee and Politics in Central America: The Coffee Elites of El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua

在1850年到1893年间，一群咖啡种植者， 加工商和出口商在每一个独立的 中美洲除洪都拉斯以外的一个共和国。 他们统治， 直接或间接，直到1948年在哥斯达黎加，1979年在萨尔瓦多， 萨尔瓦多，并在索莫扎人和 桑地诺的尼加拉瓜。 独裁的社会根源， 萨尔瓦多、哥斯达黎加和 尼加拉瓜与这些国家的不同政治密切相关， 咖啡精英 他们的观点对未来的前景仍然至关重要。 该地区的经济发展、和平与民主。 这 研究将探讨经济和政治观点， 这些精英的历史经验和以前的补充 研究他们的经济活动和社会根源。 的 研究是基于对咖啡成员的深入采访。 中美洲和迈阿密、佛罗里达的精英家庭， 辅以中美洲的档案研究 收藏. 这项研究扩展了研究人员发表的 研究中美洲咖啡出口经济体， 有助于了解一个地区的政治， 危机

Between 1850 and 1893 an agrarian elite of coffee growers, processors, and exporters came to power in every independent republic in Central America except Honduras. They governed, directly or indirectly, until 1948 in Costa Rica, 1979 in El Salvador, and were influential in the Somozas' and the Sandinistas' Nicaragua. The social origins of dictatorship, democracy, and revolution in El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua are closely tied to the divergent politics of these coffee elites. Their views remain crucial to prospects for economic development, peace, and democracy in the region. This research will explore the economic and political views and historical experience of these elites and supplement earlier research on their economic activities and social origins. The research is based on in-depth interviews with members of coffee elite families in Central America and in Miami, Florida, supplemented by archival research in Central American collections. The study extends the investigator's published research on Central American coffee export economies and will contribute to an understanding of the politics of a region in crisis.