Empires in the Wilderness

Foreign Colonization and Development in Guatemala, 1834-1844

By William J. Griffith

Empires in the Wilderness

346 pp., 6 x 9

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-7379-3
    Published: June 2012
  • E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-7380-9
    Published: June 2012
  • E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-7646-1
    Published: June 2012

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This is the account of a series of enterprises undertaken in Guatemala during the 1830s in an attempt to draw immigrants and capital from Europe to continue the subjugation of the vast unpeopled wastes. It is a record of failure, but a failure--like many others--from which much is to be learned.

Originally published in 1965.

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