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Voices from the Coast: short stories and illustrations by the young people of
Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast
(2005)
This attractive book has 100 sides of brightly coloured drawings of
everyday life (mostly in Bluefields) , each accompanied by a few sentences or
page of description, all done by children. A useful resource for infant or early
junior school teachers, development education centres or parents of young
children. |
5.00 |
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Nicaragua: The Imagining of a Nation. From Nineteenth Century Liberals to Twentieth Century Sandinistas
OUT OF PRINT
Luciano Baracco (Algora 2005). Examines the Sandinista Revolution in the
context of Nicaragua's efforts at nation-building. Based on research and
interviews, this book includes sections on the national literacy campaign and
the indigenous peoples of the Atlantic Coast amongst others. It offers insights
into the evolution of states in post-colonial Latin America and their struggle
to strike an acceptable balance between sovereignty issues and the imperatives
of global politics. A major contribution to literature on Nicaragua. |
15.00 |
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After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neo-Liberal
Nicaragua
Florence Babb (University of Texas Press 2001).
Drawing in interviews, this book analyses the impact on neo-liberalism
and examines Managua co-operatives where women play a significant role.
Informs and inspires. |
21.50 |
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Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution
Matilde Zimmermann (Duke University Press 2000)
Important history of one of Nicaragua's heroes. This thorough and
well-researched book is critical to an understanding of the enduring
popularity of Sandinismo today. |
15.50 |
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The Country Under My Skin
Giaconda Belli (Bloomsbury 2002). “…the best autobiography I’ve read in
years” (Salman Rushdie). Belli, now an internationally acclaimed poet,
played a major part in the Revolution as a young woman. In this
fascinating book she writes about the triumphs and failures of the
Revolution and her part in it; her poetry; her lovers and children; her
exile and her current life in Nicaragua and the USA. |
£9.00 |
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Letters from Nicaragua
Father John Medcalf (CIIR 1988. Reissued with new introduction 2002).
Vivid accounts in letter form of the suffering, joy and faith of rural
Nicaraguans from 1985 to 1987 during the contra war. Useful outline of
events in Nicaragua and biography. |
£3.00 |
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Storm Warnings: Hurricanes George and Mitch and the lessons for
development. £5
CIIR 2001 A detailed examination of 12 development programmes which
arose from the two hurricanes. A critique of the way in which
neo-liberal development has increased rather than decreased
vulnerability in Nicaragua. |
£5.00 |
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Any reference to the FSLN means the Sandinista National Liberation Front
(Sandinista Party) who overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 and became
the governing party from 1979 to 1990.