Costa Rica in pictures
By: Tom Streissguth.
Series: Visual geography series; Visual geography series (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Publisher: Lerner Publications Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Costa Rica -- Juvenile literature; Costa Rica
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The land : the Caribbean lowlands, the mountains, and Central Valley, Guanacaste and the Pacific Coast, climate, flora and fauna, natural resources, environmental issues, cities; title: History and government : Europeans in Costa Rica, colonial life, independence, the rise of San José, a new constitution, the Figueres government, an economic crisis, government; title: The people : ethnic groups, education, health and welfare; title: Cultural life : language and literature, music, film, theater, and media, art and architecture, religion, holidays and festivals, sports, food; title: The economy : agriculture, manufacturing, services and tourism, foreign trade, transportation, the future.