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

"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 '...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kutsche, Paul, 1927-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainsville : University Press of Florida, ©1994.
Subjects:
Rural-urban migration > Costa Rica.
Urbanization > Costa Rica.
Migration, Internal > Costa Rica.
Exode rural > Costa Rica.
Urbanisation > Costa Rica.
Migration intérieure > Costa Rica.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Migration, Internal
Rural-urban migration
Urbanization
Costa Rica
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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