caa a22 4500 386355517 CHVBK 20180307111851.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022216X00018526 doi S0022216X00018526 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022216X00018526 Sollis Peter Peter Sollis is Desk Officer for Central America at, Oxfam, UK. The Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua: Development and Autonomy [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Sollis] This article discusses the distinct historical phases in the development of the Nicaraguan Atlantic Coast region as the essential background to an analysis of the process of autonomy currently unfolding there. It identifies three main periods: English colonial rule; enclave economy when US companies were involved in a number of extractive enterprises; and, finally, control by the Sandinistas who came to power in 1979 after the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. The Atlantic Coast has been a forgotten area of study. Only recently, because of the Miskito Indian question, has the academic world and the public at large taken more interest. The tendency nevertheless has been to focus on the treatment of the Miskito population (and especially its temporary relocation from its traditional lands) not only as the most important issue, but as the only issue. While the Miskitos have been a proper cause for concern the Miskito question is only a small aspect of a complex set of social, political, economic and ethnic relations existing on the Atlantic Coast. The Miskitos are but one of six ethnic groups living on the Atlantic Coast. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Journal of Latin American Studies Cambridge University Press 21/3(1989-10), 481-520 0022-216X 21:3<481 1989 21 LAS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X00018526 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X00018526 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Sollis Peter Peter Sollis is Desk Officer for Central America at, Oxfam, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Latin American Studies Cambridge University Press 21/3(1989-10), 481-520 0022-216X 21:3<481 1989 21 LAS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge