The history of Costa Rica
By: Monica A. Rankin
Series: The Greenwood histories of the modern nations
Publisher: Greenwood; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, California
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313379444; 9780313379451
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Pura Vida; title: Colonial Costa Rica; title: Independence and early nineteenth century; title: Emergence of national identity; title: The consolidation of the liberal state; title: The banana republic; title: The social welfare state and civil war; title: The Cold War and the liberación era; title: State-led development and debt; title: Contemporary Costa Rica; title: Notable people in the history of Costa Rica.