Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State, 1894-1987

by Charles Hale

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A mere eighteen months after the Sandinistas came to power in Nicaragua in 1979, Miskitu Indians engaged in a widespread and militant anti-government mobilization. In late 1984, after more than three years of intense conflict, a negotiated transition to peace and autonomy began. This study analyzes these contrasting moments in Nicaraguan ethnic politics, drawing on four years of field research in a remote Miskitu community and in the central town...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0804728003

ISBN13:9780804728003

Release Date:October 1996

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:316 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Central America Education & Reference History Latin America Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nicaragua Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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