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Jaguar Smile : Nicaraguan Journey (97 Edition)
by Salman Rushdie  Publisher Comments In this brilliantly focused and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua, Salman Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of a revolution. Rushdie went to Nicaragua in...
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The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
by Gioconda Belli 
Publisher Comments An electrifying memoir from the acclaimed Nicaraguan writer ("A wonderfully free and original talent" — Harold Pinter) and central figure in the Sandinista Revolution. Until her early twenties, Gioconda Belli inhabited an upper-class cocoon...
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David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies #19: Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua
by Stephen Kinzer Publisher Comments In 1976, at age twenty-five, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist--and became a witness to history. He returned many times during the years that followed, becoming Latin America correspondent for the Boston Globein 1981 and...
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Research in International Studies #39: Cultivating Coffee: The Farmers of Carazo, Nicaragua, 1880-1930
by Julie A Charlip Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index....
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To Diethis Way : Nicaraguan Indians and the Myth of Mestizaje (98 Edition)
by Jeffrey L. Gould Publisher Comments Challenging the widely held belief that Nicaragua has been ethnically homogeneous since the nineteenth century, To Die in This Way reveals the continued existence and importance of an officially forgotten indigenous culture. Jeffrey L. Gould argues that...
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Why Nicaragua Vanished: A Story of Reporters and Revolutionaries
by Robert S Leiken Synopsis This book takes a closer look at the perceptions that Americans develop about foreign countries and the role the press plays in creating those perceptions....
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Confronting the American Dream
by Michel Gobat Synopsis "This is a beautifully argued and researched book--one of the most important and revealing case studies we have in U.S.-Latin American relations. But it goes far beyond that. Without ever significantly moving past the 1930s, Michel Gobat has provided an...
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Myths of Modernity : Peonage and Patriarchy in Nicaragua (06 Edition)
by Elizabeth Dore Publisher Comments In Myths of Modernity, Elizabeth Dore rethinks Nicaragua's transition to capitalism. Arguing against the idea that the country's capitalist transformation was ushered in by the coffee boom that extended from 1870 to 1930, she maintains that coffee...
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Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra Wars
by Roxann Dunbar Ortiz Publisher Comments With Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War, Dunbar-Ortiz presents the third volume in her critically acclaimed memoir. In this long-awaited book, she vividly recounts on-the-ground memories of the contra war in Nicaragua, chronicling the US...
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Sandinista : Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution (00 Edition)
by Matilde Zimmermann Synopsis This work explores the life and ideas of Carlos Fonseca Amador, founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). It focuses on how Fonseca's political writings remained committed to both socialist revolution and national liberation from U S...
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The Grimace of Macho Raton: Artisans, Identity, and Nation in Late-Twentieth Century Western Nicaragua
by Les W Field Synopsis ""The Grimace of Macho Raton" will make a stimulating addition to anthropological interpretations of nationalism and ethnicity, as well as to the broader Latin Americanist literature on the relationship between intellectual production and cultural policy...
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Somoza Falling
by Anthony Lake Synopsis 'Carefully examines how our policy toward Nicaragua in 1978-89 emerged, describes the characteristics of the middle players in this decision-making process, and discusses the complexities which govern their two important groups--career officers and...
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Capitalists and Revolution in Nicaragua: Opposition and Accommodation, 1979-1993
by Rose J Spalding Publisher Comments By tracing the complex relationship between the Sandinista government and the Nicaraguan business elite, this book examines the shifting mix of alliances and oppositions that shaped the Sandinista revolution. Rose Spalding takes issue with models of the...
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The Best of What We Are: Reflections on the Nicaraguan Revolution
by John Brentlinger Synopsis The Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua inspired many North Americans, including the author of this moving and informative book. John Brentlinger made six trips to Nicaragua, both before and after the defeat of the Sandinista Party. Combining the insights...
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Learning Democracy : Citizen Engagement and Electoral Choice in Nicaragua, 1990-2001 (05 Edition)
by Leslie E. Anderson Publisher Comments Historically, Nicaragua has been mired in poverty and political conflict, yet the country has become a model for the successful emergence of democracy in a developing nation. Learning Democracy tells the story of how Nicaragua overcame an authoritarian...
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From the Revolution To the Maquiladoras
by Jennifer Bickham Mendez Publisher Comments From the Revolution to the Maquiladoras is a major contribution to the study of globalization, labor, and women's movements. Jennifer Bickham Mendez presents a detailed ethnographic account of the Nicaraguan Working and Unemployed Women's Movement, Maria...
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My Life in the Time of the Contras
by Bruce P Cameron Synopsis Bruce Cameron's story is a rare look at an insider's efforts for a path of peace in Central America, reforming the Nicaraguan contras (revolucionarios) who were fighting the Sandinistas, all while staying sane and not losing sight of key values. Cameron...
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End & the Beginning: The Nicaraguan Revolution
by About the Author John A. Booth is Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas....
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Contra Terror in Nicaragua: Report of a Fact-Finding Mission: September 1984-January 1985
by Reed Brody Publisher Comments Exposes the policies of torture, murder, and wanton violence employed by the forces Reagan described as the moral equivalents of our Founding Fathers....
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Hatful of Tigers: Reflections on Art, Culture, and Politics
by Sergio Ramirez Synopsis Hatful of Tigers is a collection of poetic essays, reminiscences, and sketches exploring the reality of Central America by one of Latin America's most accomplished writers. This fascinating mosaic is also Ramirez's homage to the narrative's central...
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