Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica

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.

List of contents

Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Map
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendixes
Bibliography
About the Authors

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: David Daiaz Arias, David Diaz-Arias, David Hurtado Diaz-Arias, David/ Hurtado Diaz-arias, Juan Jose Marin Hernandez, Juan José Marín Hernández, Hernandez Juan Jose Marin, Ronny Viales Hurtado
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781538102411
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0241-1
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of the Americas; Historical Dictionaries of the; Historical Dictionaries of the Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), REFERENCE / Dictionaries, History of the Americas, The Americas, Dictionaries