Abstract
Colonization of the Nicaraguan Pacific coast was undertaken by Spaniards from Panama, beginning in 1523. France and Britain, however, and later the USA, all tried to play a colonial or semi-colonial role in Nicaragua. Nicaragua became an independent republic in 1838 but its independence was often threatened by US intervention. Between 1910 and 1930 the country was under almost continuous US military occupation.
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Further Reading
Dematteis, L. and Vail, C., Nicaragua: a Decade of Revolution. New York, 1991
Dijkstra, G., Industrialization in Sandinista Nicaragua: Policy and Party in a Mixed Economy. Boulder (CO), 1992
Walker, T. W., Nicaragua: the Land of Sandino. 2nd ed. Boulder (Colo.), 1991
Woodward, R. L., Nicaragua. [Bibliography] 2nd ed. ABC-Clio, Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1994
National statistical office: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, Managua
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Turner, B. (2000). Nicaragua. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271296_204
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