Looking at both population and land tenure dynamics in their
historical context, this study challenges the view that the 1969
conflict between El Salvador and Honduras was primarily a response
to population pressure. The author demonstrates that land scarcity,
a principal cause of the war, was largely a product of the
concentration of landholdings.
The analysis focuses on the emigration of 300,000 Salvadoreans to
Honduras in the years before the war, inquiring into the reasons
for the emigration, its impact on local agricultural economies, and
its relation to the conflict. Answers to these questions are based
on a new interpretation of national statistics and on original
survey research in peasant communities. The author has used an
interdisciplinary approach, drawing on 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 America. The book is illustrated with 21
photographs and 7 maps.
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