My Car in Managua

Name: My Car in Managua
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ISBN: 9780292751248

ISBN-10: 0292751249

ISBN-13: 9780292751248

Edition: 1991

Authors: Forrest D. Colburn, Roger S. Flores

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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.During a year' work (1985-1986) at the Instituto…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 3/1/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Preface My Car in Managua Hermes Baby McDonald's


The Bulgarians Turtle Eggs and Turbouml; Tennis Shoes Reading the Newspapers Driving outside Managua INCAE


The Carretera Sur Pregnancy Orlando's Ranch


The Corn Islands Walking with the Avocados Telephone Etiquette


The Fox and the Feathers Crossing the Border Revolution in a Small Nation Post Scriptum