Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I . Manifest Destinies, 1849–1910
7. 1. Americanization through Violence: Nicaragua under Walker 21
8. 2. Americanization from Within: Forging a Cosmopolitan Nationality 42
9. Part II. Restoration, 1910–1912
10. 3. Challenging Imperial Exclusions: Nicaragua under the Dawson Pact 75
11. 4. Bourgeois Revolution Denied: U.S. Military Intervention in the Civil War of 1912 100
12. Part III. Dollar Diplomacy, 1912–1927
13. 5. Economic Nationalism: Resisting Wall Street’s ‘‘Feudal’’ Regime 125
14. 6. Anxious Landlords, Resilient Peasants: Dollar Diplomacy’s Socioeconomic Impact 150
15. 7. Cultural Anti-Americanism: The Caballeros Católicos’ Crusade against U.S. Missionaries, the ‘‘Modern Woman,’’ and the ‘‘Bourgeois Spirit’’ 175
16. Part IV. Revolution, 1927–1933
17. 8. Militarization via Democratization: The U.S. Attack on Caudillismo and the Rise of Authoritarian Corporatism 205
18. 9. Revolutionary Nationalism: Elite Conservatives, Sandino, and the Struggle for a De-Americanized Nicaragua 232
19. Epilogue. Imperial Legacies: Dictatorship and Revolution 267
20. Notes 281
21. Selected Bibliography 325
22. Index 351