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A Global Studies Handbook
Costa Rica
A Global Studies Handbook
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Description
This work is a fascinating guide to one of Latin America's most stable and progressive nations, examining the country's development, unique features, and the challenges Costa Ricans face in the 21st century.
Costa Rica: A Global Studies Handbook offers readers an authoritative tour of a remarkable country, tracing its historical development from pre-Colombian inhabitants and Spanish colonization through rising prosperity in the mid-19th century to current struggles to define itself economically and politically.
Costa Rica combines narrative chapters on the nation's history and the current state of its political, social, and cultural institutions with alphabetically organized entries covering important people, places, and events in its development. Throughout, the authors, drawing on extensive research and their own experiences, highlight the many ways Costa Rica is different from its neighbors, as well as the challenges the country faces in the 21st century's globalized world.
Product details
Published | 21 Feb 2008 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 392 |
ISBN | 9781851099924 |
Imprint | ABC-CLIO |
Illustrations | 41 bw illus |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
Series | Global Studies: Latin America & the Caribbean |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Costa Rica: A Global Studies Handbook is a solid educational text written for students, travelers, businesspeople, and anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of this beautiful nation.
Midwest Book Review
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This handbook is recommended for academic and public libraries for their country studies collection.
American Reference Books Annual

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