Nicaragua's Mosquito Shore: The Years of British and American PresenceUniversity of Alabama Press, 1985 - Počet stran: 269 Nicaragua's Mosquito Shore provides a general history of eastern Nicaragua from the time of the first British entry in 1633 to the present. The territory is populated chiefly by Mosquito Indians, who speak their own language and some Mosquito. Separated from Nicaragua's Pacific plain by mountains, the Atlantic coastal plain extends between 70 and 100 miles into the interior. Early Spanish settlers were ousted by the British, who engaged in the mahogany trade, and who also hoped for trade with Americans seeking a short route to California. In 1850, with the signing of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the U.S. and Britain agreed that neither country would seek to acquire exclusive control over a Nicaraguan canal. Plans for the development of a Nicaraguan canal had a marked influence on the region for the next 100 years. During the second half of the 19th century both rubber and bananas were produced commercially in eastern Nicaragua, and the Standard Fruit Company of New Orleans became the larges single commercial influence in the region. The first over American intervention in eastern Nicaragua occurred in 1912, when a contingent of Marines was dispatched to protect American commercial interests. The Marines remained for thirteen years. Dozier develops the history of the current political troubles in Nicaragua, which had their origin in the early 1930s and which center about the control of the rich area inhabited by the Mosquitos. His book presents the historical background for the tragic events that are now taking place in that region. |
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The Revival of British Influence 18001844 | 30 |
British Occupation and American Reaction 18441850 | 52 |
The Coming of the Americans 18501860 | 76 |
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