num_pages: 241
description: In The Heritage of the Conquistadors Samuel Z. Stone demonstrates that the ruling families of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador are rooted in a common ancestry. This crossbreeding, so to speak, often confuses the outside world's un-derstanding of such developments as the Salvadoran insurgency, the fall of Somoza, and the rise of the Sandinistas.
language: English
title: The Heritage of the Conquistadors: Ruling Classes in Central America from Conquest to the Sandinistas
titlecomplete: The Heritage of the Conquistadors: Ruling Classes in Central America from Conquest to the Sandinistas
ratings_count: 5
publisher: University of Nebraska Press