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1 online resource (247 pages) |
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Cover; Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy; Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua; Copyright page; Contents; Chapter 1; Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy; The Evolution of Indigenous Autonomy; The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua; Bibliography; Chapter 2; From the Kingdom of Mosquitia to the Mosquito Reservation; Historical Background; From "Big Men" to Kingship: An Ethnohistory of the Miskitu People; The Mosquito Reservation and the Reincorporación; The Rebellion of Sam Pitts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3; The Company Times; The Golden Era of the Company Times |
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Neocolonial Enterprises in Twentieth-Century NicaraguaMiskitu Participation in Neocolonial Economy; Interethnic Relations under the Neocolonial System; Final Notes of Historiography; Bibliography; Chapter 4; The Sandinista Revolution and the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua; The Sandinista Front for National Liberation: Race, Class, and Anti-Imperialism; Revolution in Bluefields: The Rise and Fall of the Black Sandinistas; From Acquiescence to Ethnic Insurgency: Miskitu Responses to the Sandinista Revolution; Modernization, Ethnic Identity, and the "Rebirth" of Autonomy |
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From Ethnic Rights to Anti-communism and Back Again: Peace Negotiations and the Movement towards AutonomyNotes; Bibliography; Chapter 5; Leasing Communal Lands ... In "Perpetuity"; The Rights to Autonomy; Saneamiento: Title Clearance of Indigenous and Afro-descendant Territories; The Proposed Interoceanic Canal and the Rama-Kriol People; The Bluefields Creoles' Quest for Ownership of Communal Land: Limited Restitution of Territorial Rights; Undermining of Legitimate Indigenous and Afro-descendant Authorities; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6; Negotiating Consultation |
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Autonomy in the Rama-Kriol TerritoryNegotiating a Framework for Consultation; Consulting on the Canal: "We Cannot Have Excessive Democracy"; Rebuilding in the Aftermath of the Consultation Process; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 7; Autonomy in the Caribbean Coast; The Frontera Agrícola; The Framework of Autonomy: 1987-2017; Colono Mass Migration and Conflict in La Mosquitia; Colono Migration: A Horizontal and Vertical Structural Analysis; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 8; Strong Women; Antecedents of War and Its Human Cost |
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Testimonies of Miskitu Women from Their Experience of WarThe Sociopolitical Role of Indigenous Women in Achieving Peace; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 9; Cocaine Money, Cement Houses, and New Residential Arrangements in a Coastal Miskitu Village; Matrilocality among the Miskitu; Discussion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 10; The Role of Autonomy in the Revitalization of the Languages of Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast; The Caribbean Coast-the Sociolinguistic Context; Case Studies; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Editor; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
This book addresses Indigenous peoples' claims to autonomy and self-determination with a focus on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. It demonstrates the tensions between nation states and Indigenous peoples seeking to realize these rights and offers important lessons for similar projects across Latin America |
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Print version record |
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Indians of Central America -- Nicaragua -- Atlantic Coast -- Politics and government
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Indians of Central America -- Politics and government
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Nicaragua -- Atlantic Coast
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Baracco, Luciano
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Barbeyto, Arelly
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Figueroa Romero, Dolores
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Freeland, Jane
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Gaitán-Barrera, Alejandra
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González, Miguel
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Grinevald, Colette
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Jamieson, Mark
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| ISBN |
9781498558822 |
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1498558828 |
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