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The Ticos : Culture and Social Change in Costa Rica / Mavis Hiltunen Biesanz, Karen Zubris Biesanz, Richard Biesanz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (307 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685854058
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 The Land and the People -- 2 History -- 3 Economy -- 4 Government and Politics -- 5 Class and Ethnicity -- 6 Community -- 7 Housing, Health, and Everyday Living -- 8 The Family -- 9 Education -- 10 Religion -- 11 Leisure -- 12 Continuity and Change a la Tica -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Written with the perspective of more than half a century of first-hand observation, this unparalleled social and cultural history describes how Costa Rica's economy, government, education and health-care systems, family structures, religion, and other institutions have evolved, and how this evolution has affected, and reflected, people's daily lives, beliefs, and their values.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781685854058

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 The Land and the People -- 2 History -- 3 Economy -- 4 Government and Politics -- 5 Class and Ethnicity -- 6 Community -- 7 Housing, Health, and Everyday Living -- 8 The Family -- 9 Education -- 10 Religion -- 11 Leisure -- 12 Continuity and Change a la Tica -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Written with the perspective of more than half a century of first-hand observation, this unparalleled social and cultural history describes how Costa Rica's economy, government, education and health-care systems, family structures, religion, and other institutions have evolved, and how this evolution has affected, and reflected, people's daily lives, beliefs, and their values.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)