The forging of Central America / Anthony G. Coates -- The ocean divided / Jeremy B.C. Jackson and Luis D'Croz -- Central American landscapes / David Rains Wallace -- The Great American Faunal Interchange / S. David Webb -- The history of forests on the isthmus from the ice age to the present / Paul Colinvaux -- The native peoples of Central America during Precolumbian and colonial times / Richard Cooke -- Spanish rule, independence, and the modern colonization frontiers / Stanley Heckadon-Moreno -- Central American Indian peoples and lands today / Peter H. Herlihy -- The Paseo Pantera agenda for regional conservation / Jorge Illueca
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