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Disparate diasporas : identity and politics in an African Nicaraguan community

Title
Disparate diasporas : identity and politics in an African Nicaraguan community / by Edmund T. Gordon.
Author
Gordon, Edmund Tayloe.
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, Austin, Institute of Latin American Studies, 1998.

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Description
xiv, 330 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
Series Statement
New interpretations of Latin America series
Uniform Title
New interpretations of Latin America series.
Subject
  • Creoles > Bluefields > Government relations
  • Creoles > Bluefields > Ethnic identity
  • Nicaragua > Politics and government > 1979-1990
  • Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > History
  • Nicaragua > Political aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-304) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: Race, Identity, and Revolution -- 2. Anglo Colonialism and the Emergence of Creole Society -- 3. Negotiating Modernity: Disparate Racial Politics in the Twentieth Century -- 4. Creole History and Social Memory -- 5. The Discursive Struggle over Race and Nation -- 6. Ambiguous Militancy on the Threshold of Revolution -- 7. Creole Politics and the Sandinista Revolution: Contradictions -- 8. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0292728182 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0292728190 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
98006180
OCLC
ocm38542584
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries