This concise history of Nicaragua provides the reader with a history of the ways in which key political and economic factors have contributed to the creation of the modern nation.
Clifford L. Staten, PhD, is professor of political science and international studies and dean of the School of Social Sciences at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, IN.
This reference and resource on Nicaragua is for general readers and
students in high school and up. An introduction to the country and
its people covers geography, culture and society, the political
system, the economy, and the country's future. The rest of the book
offers a chronological history emphasizing recurring themes and
factors that have shaped the modern state, such as the agro-export
model of economic development, nationalism, and the Sandinista
revolution. After an overview of ancient times, coverage
encompasses the colonial period and early independence, the coffee
boom, the rise and fall of the Somoza dynasty, the revolutionary
years (1979-1990), and the road to democracy (1990-present). Other
features included a timeline of historical events, a list of
acronyms, notes on 20 important people, and a bibliographic
essay.
*Reference & Research Book News*
Staten opens this indispensable guide with a chronology of
Nicaraguan history and follows with six chapters expanding on these
historical details, from precolonization through the revolution and
into its democratic present. Other chapter essays beautifully
illuminate the country and its people, while still another segment
profiles notable Nicaraguan figures. In lieu of a standard
bibliography, a bibliographical essay—spatially condensed and
consequently somewhat less accessible—details further reading
titles. This represents a meticulous, more historically focused
update to and broadening of Hazel Plunkett's 2001 Nicaragua in
Focus (2d ed.) and will prove a vital resource to Mesoamerican
scholarship.
*Library Journal*
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