El gran cambio
Subtitle: de León Cortés a Calderón Guardia
By: Theodore S. Creedman.
Edition: 1. ed.
Publisher: Editorial Costa Rica
Published: 1996
Place of publication: San José, Costa Rica
Language: spa
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Costa Rica -- Politics and government -- 1821-1948.
Description: "Claims that 1900-40s were not golden age of genesis of Costa Rican democracy. Rather, corrupt system of fraudulent elections and economic status quo eventually collapsed of own weight, leading to reforms led by Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia, Víctor Sanabria, and Manuel Mora. Suggests that 1948 successful alliance continued and expanded upon Calderón's efforts"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-264).
Translation of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Maryland, College Park, 1971) under title: The political development of Costa Rica, 1936-1944.