My car in Managua
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My car in Managua
University of Texas Press, c1991
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Description based on: 7th pbk. printing, 2006
"Parts of this opusculum were published in Harper's, Condé Nast's Traveler, The new leader, Caribbean review, and the Princeton alumni weekly"--T.p. verso
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内容説明
Histories of revolutions often focus on military, political, or economic upheavals but sometimes neglect to connect these larger events to the daily lives of "ordinary" people. Yet the peoples' perception that "things are worse than before" can topple revolutionary governments, as shown by the recent defeat of the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua and the governments of Eastern Europe. Providing the kind of prosaic, revealing details that more formal histories have excluded, My Car in Managua offers an objective, often humorous description of the great difficulties and occasional pleasures of life in Nicaragua during the Sandinista revolution.
During a year's work (1985-1986) at the Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas (INCAE), Forrest Colburn purchased a dilapidated car-and with it an introduction to everyday life in Nicaragua. His discoveries of the length of time required to register the car (approximately six weeks), the impossibility of finding spare parts (except when U.S. dollars were applied to the search), and the fact that "anyone getting into a car in Managua can be charged a small fee [for car watching] by anyone else" all suggest the difficulties most Nicaraguans faced living in a devastated economy.
Drawing on experiences from visits throughout the revolutionary period (1979-1989), Colburn also sheds light on how the Revolution affected social customs and language, gender roles and family relationships, equality and authority, the availability of goods and services, the status of ethnic minorities, and governmental and other institutions. Illustrations by Nicaragua's celebrated political cartoonist Roger Sanchez Flores enliven the lucid text.
目次
Preface
My Car in Managua
Hermes Baby
McDonald's
The Bulgarians
Turtle Eggs and Turboe Tennis Shoes
Reading the Newspapers
Driving outside Managua
INCAE
The Carretera Sur
Pregnancy
Orlando's Ranch
The Corn Islands
Walking with the Avocados
Telephone Etiquette
The Fox and the Feathers
Crossing the Border
Revolution in a Small Nation
Post Scriptum
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