Tim Merrill, ed.Nicaragua: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1993. Acknowledgments
PrefaceHistory
PRECOLONIAL PERIOD
COLONIAL PERIOD, 1522-1820
The Spanish Conquest
Colonial Rule
National Independence, 1821-57
Foreign Intervention, 1850-68
Conservative and Liberal Regimes, 1858-1909
United States Intervention, 1909-33
The Somoza Era, 1936-74
The Rise of the FSLN
End of the Anastasio Somoza Debayle Era
The Sandinista Revolution
THE SANDINISTA YEARS, 1979-90
Consolidation of the Revolution, 1979-80
Growth of Opposition, 1981-83
Institutionalization of the Revolution, 1984
The Regional Peace Effort
The UNO Electoral Victory Geography
Climate
Environment The Society
POPULATION
CLASS STRUCTURE
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Education
Health
FAMILY
WOMEN
RELIGION
CARIBBEAN SOCIETY The Economy
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
NATIONALIZATION AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
FINANCE
LABOR
INDUSTRY
Mining
AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Policy
Crops
Livestock
Fishing and Forestry Government
THE CHAMORRO GOVERNMENT
THE CONSTITUTION
POLITICS
Conflict Between the Executive and Legislative Branches
Dispute over Property Rights
The National Opposition Union (UNO) Coalition
Small Non-UNO Parties
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Ex-Contras and Recontras
Labor Organizations
Producers' Groups
The Church
The Universities
The Media
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Relations with the United States
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