Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom [Hardcover]

Lowell Gudmundson (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 204 pages
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr; First Edition edition (October 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807112747
• ISBN-13: 978-0807112748
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,103,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The idea that coffee wreack havoc in our society is wrong, August 27, 1999

By 

Enrique Maroto ([e-mail]), (Moravia, Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom (Hardcover)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intellectual and Enlightening!, February 23, 2004

By 

G. Phelps "whitfieldhouse, currently in China" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom (Hardcover)

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!

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sucks, October 6, 2003

By 

Brandon (U.S.A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom (Paperback)

yes this book does really suckk DO NOT GET IT