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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The idea that coffee wreack havoc in our society is wrong
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...
Published on August 27, 1999 by Enrique Maroto (serfila@sol.ra...
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Published on October 6, 2003 by Brandon
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The idea that coffee wreack havoc in our society is wrong,
By Enrique Maroto (serfila@sol.racsa.co.cr), (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:
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Intellectual and Enlightening!,
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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:
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Sucks,
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
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Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom by Lowell Gudmundson (Paperback - December 1, 1986)
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