Students of Revolution: Youth, Protest, and Coalition Building in Somoza-Era Nicaragua

by Claudia Rueda

Students played a critical role in the Sandinista struggle in Nicaragua, helping to topple the US-backed Somoza dictatorship in 1979--one of only two successful social revolutions in Cold War Latin America. Debunking misconceptions, Students of Revolution provides new evidence that groups of college and secondary-level students were instrumental in fostering a culture of insurrection--one in which societal groups, from elite housewives to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477319301
• ISBN13: 9781477319307
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"