Voices of Migrants: Rural-Urban Migration in Costa Rica

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Introduction xi
• Part I - The Historical And Cultural Matrix 1
• History 3
• The Environment 17
• The Rise and Fall of the Farmer 20
• Devaluation and Inflation 24
• The Demography of Migration 27
• Summary 34
• Part II - The Life Histories 37
• Introduction 39
• El Tigre - Age 51 Male Married February 12, 1982 48
• Chico - Age 19 Male Single January 27, 1982 57
• Beto - Age 23 Male Single January 6, 1982 66
• El Artista - Age 25 Male Single July 20, 1984 84
• El Cafetal - Age 37 Male Married January 10, 1982 94
• El Negro - Age 25 Male Married March 11, 1982 The Only Black Informant 102
• El Visionario - Age 31 Male Married February 15, 1982 113
• Maestro - Age 24 Male Single December 29, 1981 127
• El Viejo Age 64 Male Married January 19, 1982 147
• Fuego - Age 44 Male Married July 30, 1984 157
• Primitiva - Age 53 Female Single 164
• Magdalena - Age 39 Female Single Mother July 2, 1984 172
• Tía Bertha - Age 60 Female Single August 10, 1984 178
• Victoria - Age 31 Female Married July 11, 1984 186
• Part III - Analysis 195
• Discussion 197
• Conclusion 215
• Glossary 219
• Bibliography 222
• Index 227

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