Title: La voluntad radiante
Subtitle: cultura impresa, magia y medicina en Costa Rica, 1897-1932
First published: 1996
Description: "Uses histories of immigrant Catalan printer and Cuban medical charlatan to examine conflicting cultural currents in early-20th-century Costa Rica. Printer epitomized successful 'self-made' man, but failed when attempted more socially prestigious occupation of coffee sales. Charlatan exploited social space for 'miracles, marvels, and magic' present even in modernizing Costa Rica of 1930s"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: History, Publishing, Intellectual life, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric, Medical literature, Quacks and quackery, Medicine, Catalans, Publishers and publishing, Medical publishing
Places: Costa Rica
People: Carlos Carbell profesor, Avelino Alsina y Lloveras (d. 1928)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: R730 .M64 1996