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Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 972
EAN: 9780807125724
ISBN: 0807125725
Label: Louisiana State University Press
Manufacturer: Louisiana State University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: December 01, 1986
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Studio: Louisiana State University Press
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Rating:  - Intellectual and Enlightening!
I agree with the Costa Rican reviewer, Gudmundson lifts the liberal blinders that coffee barons lead to an agricultural hegemony completely detrimental to the previous ways of life!
Another book which lucidly discusses these issues is "Costa Rica: The Last Country The Gods Made" by Colesberry & McLean, in the chapter, "Coffee! Costa Rica's First Revolution."
I recommend both books for enlightened reading!
Rating:  - Sucks
yes this book does really suckk DO NOT GET IT
Rating:  - The idea that coffee wreack havoc in our society is wrong
Costa Rica Before Coffee is a book that clearly states that the myth of the land-holding self-sufficient peasant isn't true. Many Costa Ricans believe that before coffee our country was a paradise in which everybody used to own land and where there were no discrepancies in the society. With elegance, statistics and history; Lowell clearly expalins that coffee helped reinforce the democratic model in Costa Rica instead of undermining it.
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