Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica (eBook)

David Diaz-Arias, Juan Jose Marin Hernandez, Ronny Viales Hurtado (Autoren)

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2018 | New Edition
372 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0242-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Costa Rica has been largely recognized as a democratic and politically stable country in a region (Central America) characterized by instability, dictatorships, and social inequality. Several social and institutional problems have risen during the last decades, but the country still maintains good social and health indicators.Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Costa Rica.

Autor

David Díaz-Arias is full professor of History and Director of the Center for Central American Historical Studies at the Universidad de Costa Rica. He has published many articles, essays, and books examining the constitution of populism, social movements, state building, national identity, civil war, peace process, and memory battles in Central America and Costa Rica during 19th-20th centuries. Ronny Viales-Hurtado is full professor of History and researcher at the Universidad de Costa Rica. He has published many articles, essays, and books examining inequality, poverty, economic and environmental history, and social studies of science. Juan José Marín Hernández (1968-2015) was a full professor of History at the Universidad de Costa Rica. He authored, co-authored, and edited several books and published more than 40 essays in academic journals and books. He worked on topics like social control, local history, the history of prostitution, and the history of health.

Inhalt

Jon WoronoffAcknowledgements Acronyms and AbbreviationsMapChronologyIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYAppendixesBibliographyAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Historical Dictionaries of the Americas
• Zusatzinfo: 17 Illustrations including: - 1 Maps; - 16 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: ART • Central America • Colonial history • Culture • Economics • Latin America • Literature • modern history • Pre-Columbian History • Religion
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-0242-0 / 1538102420
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-0242-8 / 9781538102428