Title: Female prostitution in Costa Rica : historical perspectives, 1880-1930 /
Authors: Hayes, Anne M., 1945-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Prostitution Costa Rica Puntarenas History.; Prostitutes Legal status, laws, etc. Costa Rica.; Prostitution Costa Rica.; Puntarenas (Costa Rica) Social conditions.
Contents: Introduction -- Regional differentiation of colony and nation to 1890 -- Mores of coffee in the highlands -- Economic demography of prostitution in Puntarenas before 1910 -- Structure and experience: Law and la vida -- Triumph of nationalism: Pacific railroad -- Society in Puntarenas after completion of the pacific railroad -- Conclusion