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Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy : the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua.
This book addresses Indigenous peoples' claims to autonomy and self-determination with a focus on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. It demonstrates the tensions between nation states and Indigenous peoples seeking to realize these rights and offers important lessons for similar projects across...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington Books,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy; Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua; Copyright page; Contents; Chapter 1; Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy; The Evolution of Indigenous Autonomy; The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua; Bibliography; Chapter 2; From the Kingdom of Mosquitia to the Mosquito Reservation; Historical Background; From "Big Men" to Kingship: An Ethnohistory of the Miskitu People; The Mosquito Reservation and the Reincorporación; The Rebellion of Sam Pitts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3; The Company Times; The Golden Era of the Company Times
- Neocolonial Enterprises in Twentieth-Century NicaraguaMiskitu Participation in Neocolonial Economy; Interethnic Relations under the Neocolonial System; Final Notes of Historiography; Bibliography; Chapter 4; The Sandinista Revolution and the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua; The Sandinista Front for National Liberation: Race, Class, and Anti-Imperialism; Revolution in Bluefields: The Rise and Fall of the Black Sandinistas; From Acquiescence to Ethnic Insurgency: Miskitu Responses to the Sandinista Revolution; Modernization, Ethnic Identity, and the "Rebirth" of Autonomy
- From Ethnic Rights to Anti-communism and Back Again: Peace Negotiations and the Movement towards AutonomyNotes; Bibliography; Chapter 5; Leasing Communal Lands ... In "Perpetuity"; The Rights to Autonomy; Saneamiento: Title Clearance of Indigenous and Afro-descendant Territories; The Proposed Interoceanic Canal and the Rama-Kriol People; The Bluefields Creoles' Quest for Ownership of Communal Land: Limited Restitution of Territorial Rights; Undermining of Legitimate Indigenous and Afro-descendant Authorities; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6; Negotiating Consultation
- Autonomy in the Rama-Kriol TerritoryNegotiating a Framework for Consultation; Consulting on the Canal: "We Cannot Have Excessive Democracy"; Rebuilding in the Aftermath of the Consultation Process; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 7; Autonomy in the Caribbean Coast; The Frontera Agrícola; The Framework of Autonomy: 1987-2017; Colono Mass Migration and Conflict in La Mosquitia; Colono Migration: A Horizontal and Vertical Structural Analysis; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 8; Strong Women; Antecedents of War and Its Human Cost
- Testimonies of Miskitu Women from Their Experience of WarThe Sociopolitical Role of Indigenous Women in Achieving Peace; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 9; Cocaine Money, Cement Houses, and New Residential Arrangements in a Coastal Miskitu Village; Matrilocality among the Miskitu; Discussion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 10; The Role of Autonomy in the Revitalization of the Languages of Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast; The Caribbean Coast-the Sociolinguistic Context; Case Studies; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Editor; About the Contributors