To Lead As Equals: Rural Protest and Political Consciousness in Chinandega, Nicaragua, 1912-1979

by Jeffrey L. Gould

Book Overview

This book is a carefully argued study of peasants and labor during the Somoza regime, focusing on popular movements in the economically strategic department of Chinandega in western Nicaragua. Jeffrey Gould traces the evolution of group consciousness among peasants and workers as they moved away from extreme dependency on the patron to achieve an autonomous social and political ideology. In doing so, he makes important contributions to peasant studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807842753
• ISBN13: 9780807842751
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.0"