Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents xi
4. Figure, Tables, and Maps xiii
5. Note to the Reader xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Ethnicity and the State in Revolutionary Nicaragua 14
8. 2. Nation Building, Resistance, and Hegemony: Historical Roots of Ethnic Conflict, 1894-1960 37
9. 3. Miskitu Narratives of History, Politics, and Identity 60
10. 4. Miskitu Indians in the Discourse of Revolutionary Nationalism 87
11. 5. From Quiescence to Mobilization, 196o-81 116
12. 6. Explaining Miskitu-Sandinista Conflict, 1981-85 141
13. 7. Community Politics in Transition to Autonomy, 1985-87 166
14. 8. Engaging Contradictions 198
15. APPENDIX A. Methodological Implications of Anglo Affinity 223
16. APPENDIX B. Interview Methodology 227
17. APPENDIX C. The Autonomy Law 231
18. Notes 233
19. Bibliography 245
20. Index 259