Nicaragua Before Now: Factory Work, Farming, and Fishing in a Low-Wage Global Economy

by Nell Farrell

When Nell Farrell traveled to Nicaragua in the fall of 2005 the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) had recently been passed in the U.S. Congress and was still being debated by the Nicaraguan Asamblea Nacional. Farrell spent three months photographing and interviewing young working people who would be affected by the agreement and whose lives were already shaped by the low-wage global economy. Focusing on workers in four regions--young women...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826346081
• ISBN13: 9780826346087
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.9"