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The Costa Rica reader : history, culture, politics / edited by Steven Palmer and Iván Molina.

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Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, c2004.

Costa Rica -- History.

Costa Rica -- Social conditions.

Costa Rica -- Economic conditions.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004004078.html

0822333864 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780822333869 (cloth : alk. paper)

0822333724 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780822333722 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Latin America readers.

xiv, 383 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Birth of an exception? -- Warriors and sacred struggle : pre-Columbian distinctions -- A conqueror looks on the bright side / Town Council of Castillo de Garci-Muñoz -- Hunting Indians / Claudia Quirós -- The execution of Pablo Presbere / José María Figueroa -- The trial of Pablo Presbere, Cacique o f Suinse / Lorenzo Antonio de Granda y Balbín -- A slave's story / José Cubero -- Free blacks, mulattoes, and mestizos seek legitimacy / Cabildo of Cartago -- Brotherhood of the Virgin / Ricardo Fernández Guardia -- Life and labor in the Central Valley, circa 1821 / Iván Molina -- The fall of Morazán / Unknown -- Libelous pornography from 1841 / José María Figueroa -- Civilizing domestic life in the Central Valley, 1750-1850 / Eugenia Rodríguez -- 2. Coffee nation -- Privatization of the land and agrarian conflict / Silvia Castro -- Tico sweepstakes / Pío Joaquín Fernández -- Witness to heroism / Gerónimo Segura -- Holidays in Costa Rica, 1858 / Thomas Francis Meagher (illustrated by Ramó Páez) -- Denunciation of the Lazarene Brothers / Diego Quesada -- Building civilization / Fernando Zamora -- Getting to know the unknown soldier / Steven Palmer -- The burning of the Mesón / Enrique Echandi --

3. Popular culture and social policy -- Alleyway of open wounds / Claudia María Jiménez -- Women of the barrio / Luisa González -- A district laboratory in Costa Rica / John Elmendorf Jr. -- Autobiography of a shoemaker / Juan Rafael Morales -- Maternity / Francisco Zúñiga -- Prospectus / National Association of Coffee Producers -- The red door / Teodorico Quirós -- Banana strike confidential / Diplomatic Service of the United States of America -- Notice to West Indian farmers! / West Indian Strike Committee -- Woman in window / Max Jiménez -- A governor and a man faces the social problem / Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia -- 4. Democratic enigma -- Petition for recognition of voting rights from a humble citizen, 1859 / Santiago Córdova -- The night of San Florencio / La Prensa Libre -- An outsider's view of political society in 1914 / Dana G. Munro -- Democrats and feminists / Steven Palmer and Gladys Rojas Chaves -- Women's vote - the day that they get it / Paco Hernández -- Hail to the Jefe / Alejandro Alvares Duartes Mora -- Unlikely threesome / Reformist Summit, 1943 -- The polarization of politics, 1932-1948 / Iván Molina -- Memories of girlhood in '48 / María E. Robles Solano -- Democracy on the brink : the first Figueres presidency / Kirk Bowman --

5. The Costa Rican dream -- Means and ends for a better Costa Rica / Rodrigo Facio -- In defense of the corner store / Constantino Láscaris -- A Costa Rican godfather / J.L. Vargas -- Growing up in the dream / Manrique Mata-Montero -- Alcoa no! / Student Protests, 1970 -- The crisis : 1980-1982 / Jorge Rovira Mas -- The family / Anonymous -- Imperial eagle versus peace dove / Hugo Díaz -- A dictionary of Costa Rican patriotism / Álvaro Quesada -- 6. Other cultures and outer reaches -- Indigenous figure / Juan Manuel Sánchez -- Dispossessed / The indigenous community of Orosi -- West Indian Limón / Paula Palmer -- Our blood is blackening / Clodomiro Picado -- Everyday racism, 1932 / Anonymous -- My mother and the seawall / Eulalia Bernard -- The devil and Don Chico / Marc Edelman -- Passing : Nicaraguans in Costa Rica / Patricia Alvarenga -- Taking care of Sibö's gifts / Gloria Mayorga, Juanita Sánchez, and Paula Palmer -- 7. Working paradise -- A community takes care of its environs / Owners of Montaña de la Candelaria -- Caffeinated miasmas / Residents of Santo Domingo de Heredia -- Migration and the Costa Rican environment since 1900 / Uli Locher -- From rain forest to banana plantation : a workers' eye view / Ana Luisa Cerdas -- Pesticides and parakeets in the banana industry / Steve Marquardt -- The river of milk / Environmental and Administrative Tribunal, Ministry of Energy and the Environment -- La loca de Gandoca / Ana Cristina Rossi --

8. Tropical soundings -- Social development with limited resources / Carmelo Mesa-lago -- Visit beautiful Costa Rica! / Tourism Propaganda of Another Era -- Corruption / Alfonso González and Manuel Solís -- The contemporary protest movement -- The narcotizing of Costa Rican politics / Mercedes Muñoz Guillén -- Citizens 2000 / March against the Combo -- On the recent protests against the privatization of the Costa Rican Hydroelectric Company (ICE) / Rodolfo Cerdas -- Building your own home / Antonio -- Men in crisis? / Sylvia Chant -- Are the kids alright? / Osvaldo Orias and Kenneth -- Costa Rica : a millennial profile / Steven Palmer and Iván Molina -- Demoperfectocracy / Yolanda Oreamuno -- Suggestions for further reading -- Acknowledgment of copyrights -- Index.

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