Over the past half-century, El Salvador has transformed dramatically. Historically reliant on primary exports like coffee and cotton, the country emerged from a brutal civil war in 1992 to find much of its national income now coming from a massive emigrant workforce over a quarter of its population that earns money in the United States and sends it home. In American "Value," David Pedersen examines this new way of life as it extends across two places: Intipuca, a Salvadoran town infamous for its remittance wealth, and the Washington, DC, metro area, home to the second largest population of...
Over the past half-century, El Salvador has transformed dramatically. Historically reliant on primary exports like coffee and cotton, the country emer...
