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Caribbean and Latin American

Thomas D. Schoonover. The French in Central America: Culture and Commerce, 1820–1930. (Latin American Silhouettes: Studies in History and Culture.) Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources. 2000. Pp. xxv, 244. $55.00.

In the late nineteenth century, France, like other industrial nations, was caught in the web of the "world system" that caused the metropole nations to look to the periphery for markets and raw materials and to serve as cultural outlets, Thomas D. Schoonover argues in this tightly crafted volume. Similar to other imperial powers, Schoonover finds that domestic considerations became the driving force for French expansionism. And on the world's periphery sat Central America, a place where Schoonover finds a significant degree of French influence, particularly during the nineteenth century. The themes parallel Schoonover's earlier study, Germany in Central America: Competitive Imperialism, 1821–1929 (1998). . . .

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