Nicaragua

A classic of photojournalism, Nicaragua presents an extraordinary narrative of a country gripped by turbulence and uncertainty and traces the evolution of the popular resistance that led to an insurrection and would culminate with the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in 1979. The photographs are a cautionary tale about the barbarities of the modern civil war and delve into the repressive political struggle in Latin America. The book includes Pictures from a Revolution , a DVD in which Meiselas returns to the places ... Read More

A classic of photojournalism, Nicaragua presents an extraordinary narrative of a country gripped by turbulence and uncertainty and traces the evolution of the popular resistance that led to an insurrection and would culminate with the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in 1979. The photographs are a cautionary tale about the barbarities of the modern civil war and delve into the repressive political struggle in Latin America. The book includes Pictures from a Revolution , a DVD in which Meiselas returns to the places she photographed and interviews some of her subjects about the realities of post-revolution Nicaragua. Un cl???sico del fotoperiodismo, Nicaragua presenta una narrativa extraordinaria de un pa???s en turbulencia y traza la evoluci???n de la resistencia popular que dio lugar a la insurrecci???n y que culmin??? con el triunfo de la revoluci???n sandinista en 1979. Las fotograf???as son un relato admonitorio sobre las barbaridades de una guerra civil moderna y hurgan en la lucha pol???tica represiva de Am???rica Latina. El libro incluye Im???genes de una revoluci???n , un DVD donde Meiselas regresa a los escenarios que fotografi??? y entrevista a algunas personas sobre la realidad de la Nicaragua posrevolucionaria. Read Less