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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Birth of an Exception? | |
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Warriors and Sacred Struggle | |
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A Conqueror Looks on the Bright Side | |
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Hunting Indians | |
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The Execution of Pablo Presbere | |
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The Trial of Pablo Presbere, Cacique of Suinse | |
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A Slave's Story | |
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Free Blacks, Mulattoes, and Mestizos Seek Legitimacy | |
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Brotherhood of the Virgin | |
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Life and Labor in the Central Valley, circa 1821 | |
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The Fall of Morazan | |
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Libelous Pornography from 1841 | |
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Civilizing Domestic Life in the Central Valley, 1750-1850 | |
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Coffee Nation | |
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Privatization of the Land and Agrarian Conflict | |
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Tico Sweepstakes | |
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Witness to Heroism | |
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Holidays in Costa Rica, 1858 | |
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Denunciation of the Lazarene Brothers | |
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Building Civilization | |
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Getting to Know the Unknown Soldier | |
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The Burning of the Meson | |
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Popular Culture and Social Policy | |
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Alleyway of Open Wounds | |
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Women of the Barrio | |
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A District Laboratory in Costa Rica | |
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Autobiography of a Shoemaker | |
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Maternity | |
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Prospectus | |
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The Red Door | |
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Banana Strike Confidential | |
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Notice to West Indian Farmers! | |
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Woman in Window | |
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A Governor and a Man Faces the Social Problem | |
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Democratic Enigma | |
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Petition for Recognition of Voting Rights from a Humble Citizen, 1859 | |
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The Night of San Florencio | |
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An Outsider's View of Political Society in 1914 | |
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Democrats and Feminists | |
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Women's Vote-the Day That They Get It | |
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Hail to the Jefe | |
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Unlikely Threesome | |
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The Polarization of Politics, 1932-1948 | |
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Memories of Girlhood in '48 | |
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Democracy on the Brink: The First Figueres Presidency | |
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The Costa Rican Dream | |
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Means and Ends for a Better Costa Rica | |
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In Defense of the Corner Store | |
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A Costa Rican Godfather | |
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Growing Up in the Dream | |
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Alcoa No! | |
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The Crisis: 1980-1982 | |
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The Family | |
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Imperial Eagle versus Peace Dove | |
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A Dictionary of Costa Rican Patriotism | |
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Other Cultures and Outer Reaches | |
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Indigenous Figure | |
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Dispossessed | |
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West Indian Limon | |
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Our Blood Is Blackening | |
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Everyday Racism, 1932 | |
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My Mother and the Seawall | |
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The Devil and Don Chico | |
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Passing: Nicaraguans in Costa Rica | |
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Taking Care of Sibo's Gifts | |
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Working Paradise | |
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A Community Takes Care of Its Environs | |
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Caffeinated Miasmas | |
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Migration and the Costa Rican Environment since 1900 | |
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From Rain Forest to Banana Plantation: A Workers' Eye View | |
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Pesticides and Parakeets in the Banana Industry | |
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The River of Milk | |
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La Loca de Gandoca | |
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Tropical Soundings | |
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Social Development with Limited Resources | |
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Visit Beautiful Costa Rica | |
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Corruption | |
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The Contemporary Protest Movement | |
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The Narcotizing of Costa Rican Politics | |
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Citizens 2000 | |
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On the Recent Protests against the Privatization of the Costa Rican Hydroelectric Company (ICE) | |
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Building Your Own Home | |
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Men in Crisis? | |
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Are the Kids Alright? | |
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Costa Rica: A Millennial Profile | |
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Demoperfectocracy | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Acknowledgment of Copyrights | |
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Index | |