Voices of migrants : rural-urban migration in Costa Rica / Paul Kutsche.

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Kutsche, Paul, 1927-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0813019907
9780813019901

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Voices of migrants.DDC classification:

307.2/416/097286 20

LOC classification:

HB1997 .K88 1994eb

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Contents:

pt. I. The historical and cultural matrix -- History -- The environment -- The rise and fall of the farmer -- Devaluation and inflation -- The demography of migration -- pt. II. The life histories -- El tigre -- Chico -- Beto -- El artista -- El cafetal -- El negro -- El visionario -- Maestro -- El viejo -- Fuego -- Primitiva -- Magdalena -- Tia bertha -- Victoria -- pt. III. analysis.

Review: "Verbatim or near-verbatim 1981-84 interviews with 14 Costa Ricans (ten men, four women) provide information about life histories of migrants to San José. Strong opening chapters provide the context for migration and the interview-years. Conclusion relates their narratives to Costa Rican 'exceptionalism' and other value-patterns"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-226) and index.

"Verbatim or near-verbatim 1981-84 interviews with 14 Costa Ricans (ten men, four women) provide information about life histories of migrants to San José. Strong opening chapters provide the context for migration and the interview-years. Conclusion relates their narratives to Costa Rican 'exceptionalism' and other value-patterns"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.