Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Central American Transisthmian Histories, Literatures, and Cultures 1
5. 1. Costa Rican Grounds and the Founding of the Coffee Republics 19
6. 2. Nations Divided: U.S. Intervention, Banana Enclaves, and the Panama Canal 44
7. 3. The Power of Indigo: Testimonio, Historiography, and Revolution in Cuzcatlán 76
8. 4. K’atun Turning in Greater Guatemala: Trauma, Impunity, and Diaspora 103
9. 5. The War at Home: Latina/o Solidarity and Central American Immigration 129
10. 6. “Departamento 15”: Salvadoran Transnational Migration and Narration 167
11. 7. Wasted Opportunities: Central America after the Revolutions 195
12. Epilogue. Weathering the Storm: Central America in the Twenty-first Century 223
13. Notes 237
14. Works Cited 253
15. Index 279