I. Social Origins of the Central American Crisis. 1. Revolution and the Coffee Elite. 2. Class and Class Relations -- II. History and Memory: The Crisis of the 1930s. 3. Farabundo Marti and the Failure of Revolutionary Socialism. 4. Manuel Mora and the Rise of Euro-Communism. 5. Augusto Cesar Sandino and the Failure of Revolutionary Nationalism -- III. Narratives of Class: The Crisis of the 1980s. 6. Agro-Industrialists versus Agrarians in El Salvador. 7. Democracy and Anti-Communism in Costa Rica. 8. Neo-Liberalism and Agro-Industry in Costa Rica. 9. Liberty and the Contra in Nicaragua -- IV. Social Transformation and Elite Narrative, 1979-1992. 10. Democracy and Revolution. 11. From Liberalism to Neo-Liberalism -- App. A. Marriages and Descendents of Children of James Hill and Dolores Bernal Najera -- App. B. Selection of the Interview Population.
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