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Series Editor's Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Maps | p. xix |
Narrative Section | p. 1 |
Geography and History | p. 3 |
Pre-Hispanic Costa Rica | p. 15 |
The Conquest of Costa Rica and the Colonial Era | p. 28 |
Economic Development in the Central Valley: Coffee and Railroads | p. 41 |
The Rest of the Country: Cattle and Bananas | p. 50 |
Political Development, 1824-1870 | p. 53 |
Order and Progress: The Constitution of 1871 and the Liberal State | p. 57 |
Education and Modernization | p. 62 |
Economic Crisis and Challenges to the Liberal Order | p. 67 |
The Crisis of the Export Model | p. 75 |
Machine Politics, Reform, and the Civil War of 1948 | p. 77 |
References | p. 87 |
The Costa Rican Economy | p. 93 |
The Exhaustion of the Classical Export Model and the Birth of the Mixed Economy | p. 94 |
Nationalization of the Banks | p. 96 |
Autonomous Institutions and the Manager State | p. 97 |
Coffee and Cooperatives | p. 101 |
Cattle Ranching and Deforestation in Guanacaste | p. 106 |
Industrialization and the Central American Common Market | p. 110 |
CODESA and the Entrepreneur State | p. 114 |
The Debt Crisis and Neoliberal Reforms | p. 116 |
USAID and the Parallel State | p. 118 |
From 1990 to the Present: A New Economic Model with Some Familiar Weaknesses | p. 125 |
Manufacturing | p. 128 |
Agriculture | p. 131 |
Service Industries | p. 137 |
Social Development | p. 149 |
References | p. 163 |
Politics and Institutions | p. 169 |
Education | p. 170 |
Health Care | p. 179 |
Other Autonomous Institutions | p. 184 |
National Parks, Protected Areas, and Private Conservation Efforts | p. 187 |
Political Institutions | p. 200 |
Political Parties | p. 207 |
The Abolition of the Army and Costa Rican Foreign Policy | p. 211 |
Institutional Change in the Neoliberal Era | p. 215 |
Corruption and the 2006 Elections | p. 217 |
From Gridlock to Referendum in 2007 | p. 219 |
References | p. 221 |
Society and Culture | p. 227 |
Urbanization, Population Growth, and the Role of Women | p. 229 |
Social Cohesion and Political Participation | p. 234 |
Religion | p. 238 |
Ethnic Minorities and the Costa Rican Self-image | p. 246 |
Nicaraguan Immigrants | p. 261 |
Insecurity and Crime | p. 266 |
Soccer | p. 271 |
Arts and Literature | p. 274 |
References | p. 286 |
Reference Section | p. 293 |
Key Events in Costa Rican History | p. 295 |
Significant People, Institutions, Places, and Events | p. 303 |
Costa Rican Language, Food, and Etiquette | p. 321 |
Language | p. 321 |
Food and Beverages | p. 324 |
Common Costa Rican Dishes | p. 325 |
Etiquette | p. 329 |
Costa Rica-Related Organizations | p. 333 |
Business and Economics | p. 333 |
Culture, Education, and Exchange | p. 334 |
The Environment | p. 337 |
Costa Rica's Government Representatives in the United States | p. 339 |
Tourism | p. 341 |
Annotated Bibliography of Recommended Works on Costa Rica | p. 345 |
Geography and History of Costa Rica | p. 345 |
The Economy of Costa Rica | p. 348 |
Costa Rican Institutions | p. 350 |
Costa Rican Society and Contemporary Issues | p. 351 |
Index | p. 355 |
About the Authors | p. 367 |
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