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The History of Costa Rica
Molina, Ivan; Palmer, Steven Publisher: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Year Published: 2007 First Published: 1998
Pages: 218pp ISBN: 978-9968-46-023-1
Library of Congress Number: M722h2 Dewey: 972.86
Resource Type: Book
An overview of Costa Rican history with an emphasis on how Costa Ricans have been able to make their own history, "though they do not make it just as they choose."
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Table of Contents
Prologue: An Excursion to the Past
1. Trails of the First Peoples (12,000 B.C. - 1500 A.D.)
2. Cacicazgos and Señorios (1500 - 1570)
3. Conquest and Resistance (1502 - 1570)
4. The Early Colonial World (1570 - 1700)
5. Merchants and Peasants (1700 - 1850)
6. Coffee, Capitalism and the Liberal State (1850 - 1890)
7. Diversification, Conflict and Democracy (1890 - 1930)
8. The Depression, Social Reform and Civil War (1930 - 1950)
9. The Golden Age of the Middle Class (1950 - 1978)
10. Recent Past, Near Future
Epilogue: Costa Rican Exceptionalism
Chronology
Bibliography
Illustrations
Index
Authors
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