9781422283882

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Series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3490-7 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4222-3493-8 ebook ISBN: 978-1-4222-8388-2

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Boyd, Judy, 1950– author. Title: Central America and the Caribbean/by Judy Boyd; foreword by Michael Green, executive director, Social Progress Imperative. Description: Broomall, PA : Mason Crest, [2017] | Series: Social progress and sustainability | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016007612| ISBN 9781422234938 (hardback) | ISBN 9781422234907 (series) | ISBN 9781422283882 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Social indicators—Central America—Juvenile literature. | Social indicators—Caribbean Area—Juvenile literature. | Central America—Social conditions—Juvenile literature. | Central America—Economic conditions—Juvenile literature. | Caribbean Area—Social conditions—Juvenile literature. | Caribbean Area—Economic conditions—Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC HN122.7 .B69 2017 | DDC 306.09728—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016007612

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