Voices of migrants : rural-urban migration in Costa Rica

Kutsche, Paul 1927- (Author).

Summary: "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.

Record details

OCLC: ocm44957172
ISBN: 0813012678
ISBN: 081301266X
ISBN: 9780813019901
ISBN: 0813019907
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Gainsville : University Press of Florida, ©1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-226) and index.
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.
Note:	English.