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The Ticos culture and social change in Costa Rica /

"Written with the perspective of more than a half-century of firsthand observation, this social and cultural history describes how Costa Rica's economy, government, educational and health-care systems, family structures, religion, and other institutions have evolved and how this evolution...

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Main Author: Biesanz, Mavis Hiltunen
Other Authors: Biesanz, Richard, Biesanz, Karen Zubris
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999.
Boulder, Colo. : 1999.
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