Nicaragua [electronic resource] : the imagining of a nation : from nineteenth-century liberals to twentieth-century Sandinistas / Luciano Baracco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baracco, Luciano.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Nicaragua--History.

Nationalism.

Nicaragua--Politics and government--20th century.

Nicaragua.

Nicaragua--Politics and government--1838-1909.

Atlantic Coast (Nicaragua)--Politics and government--20th century.

Atlantic Coast (Nicaragua).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nicaragua: The Imagining of a Nation is geared to students and academics of nationalism studies, history, and Latin American studies. Analyzing Nicaragua's postcolonial history, the author studies the Sandinista Revolution in the context of Nicaragua's on

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Nations and Nationalism in Theoretical Perspective; Chapter 2. From Independence to Client State; Chapter 3. The Sandinista National Liberation Front and the Construction of a Revolutionary Subject; Chapter 4. Revolutionary Nation-Building: Imagining the Sandinista Nation Through History and Literacy; Chapter 5. Indians, Creoles, and Mestizos: The Atlantic Coast and Visions of the Nicaraguan Nation; Chapter 6. From Acquiescence to Ethnic Militancy: Costeño Responses to Sandinista Anti-Imperialist Nationalism; Chapter 7. Conclusion

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-174) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39553-6

9786611395537

0-87586-394-9

0-87586-393-0

OCLC:

437191893