Coffee and Power

Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America

Jeffery M. Paige

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$37.00 • £29.95 • €33.50

ISBN 9780674136496

Publication Date: 01/13/1998

Short

448 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

2 figures, 11 tables

World

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Jeffery M. Paige is Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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