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050 00 $aF1543.2$b.D46 2003
082 00 $a972.86$221
100 1 $aDendinger, Roger.
245 10 $aCosta Rica /$cRoger Dendinger.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bChelsea House Publishers,$c℗♭2003.
300 $a111 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aModern world nations
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 104-105) and index.
505 0 $aIntroducing Costa Rica -- Natural landscapes -- Costa Rica through time -- People and culture -- Government -- Economy -- Regional contrasts -- Costa Rica looks ahead.
520 $aFor the first 300 years of its settlement by Europeans, Costa Rica was an out-of-the-way place in the Spanish New world. Along with its Central American neighbors, Costa Rica shared a language, a religion, and the colonial experience. But Costa Ricans have made something very different out of those common cultural elements and their shared physical geography. What separates the country from its neighbors is a combination of luck and vision. Luck has been important, but intelligent foresight, or vision, has also shaped the country. Generations of politicians and civic leaders have quietly worked to develop democratic institutions and a sense of national identity that makes Costa Rica exceptional, not just in the context of Central America, but throughout the world. These same leaders saw the economic potential of undeveloped mountains, tropical beaches, and unspoiled rain forests. Today, Costa Rica has an international reputation for ecological diversity that makes it a natural attraction for tourists and a pioneer in the development of ecotourism.--$c(Source of description unknown).
651 0 $aCosta Rica$vJuvenile literature.
651 1 $aCosta Rica.
651 7 $aCosta Rica.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01205604
655 7 $aJuvenile works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411637
830 0 $aModern world nations.
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948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 237 OTHER HOLDINGS