Nicaragua

Tim Merrill, ed. Nicaragua: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1993.

Acknowledgments
Preface

History
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
Relations with Central American Countries

Bibliography

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