The Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua

Development and Autonomy

Bibliographic Data

ID3437032
AuthorsPeter Sollis (Oxfam, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume21
Issue3
Pages481-520
Publication date1989-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x00018526
OpenAlexW2027510600
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited6

This article discusses the distinct historical phases in the development of the Nicaraguan Atlantic Coast region as the essential background to an analysis of the process of autonomy currently unfolding there. It identifies three main periods: English colonial rule; enclave economy when US companies were involved in a number of extractive enterprises; and, finally, control by the Sandinistas who came to power in 1979 after the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship.The Atlantic Coast has been a forgotten area of study. Only recently, because of the Miskito Indian question, has the academic world and the public at large taken more interest. The tendency nevertheless has been to focus on the treatment of the Miskito population (and especially its temporary relocation from its traditional lands) not only as the most important issue, but as the only issue. While the Miskitos have been a proper cause for concern the Miskito question is only a small aspect of a complex set of social, political, economic and ethnic relations existing on the Atlantic Coast. The Miskitos are but one of six ethnic groups living on the Atlantic Coast

Archaeology · Autonomy · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Democracy · Development economics · Dictatorship · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Geography · Political science · Politics · Population · Power (physics) · Relocation · Sociology · Demography · Historical Studies in Central America

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