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Forrest D. Colburn - My Car in Managua - 9780292751248 - V9780292751248
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My Car in Managua

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Description for My Car in Managua paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, 24 line drawings. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 11. Weight in Grams: 499.

Histories of revolutions often focus on military, political, or economic upheavals but sometimes neglect to connect these larger events to the daily lives of "ordinary" people. Yet the peoples' perception that "things are worse than before" can topple revolutionary governments, as shown by the recent defeat of the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua and the governments of Eastern Europe. Providing the kind of prosaic, revealing details that more formal histories have excluded, My Car in Managua offers an objective, often humorous description of the great difficulties and occasional pleasures of life in Nicaragua during the Sandinista revolution.

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Drawing on experiences from visits throughout the revolutionary period (1979-1989), Colburn also sheds light on how the Revolution affected social customs and language, gender roles and family relationships, equality and authority, the availability of goods and services, the status of ethnic minorities, and governmental and other institutions. Illustrations by Nicaragua's celebrated political cartoonist Róger Sánchez Flores enliven the lucid text.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292751248
SKU
V9780292751248
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Forrest D. Colburn
Forrest Colburn teaches politics at Princeton University.

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