{"product_id":"the-saints-of-progress-9780817320027","title":"The Saints of Progress","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA reshaping of traditional understandings of Costa Rica and its national identity. The Saints of Progress chronicles the development of the Tarrazú Valley, a historically remote coffee-growing region. Carmen Kordick traces the development of this region from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKordick makes a substantial contribution to the literature on Costa Rica and joins an ongoing discussion (especially among Costa Rican scholars) of the prevalent Costa Rican national myths by debunking the idea of the nation as a timelessly peaceful land of primarily white yeoman farmers.\"\" - Julie A. Charlip, author of \u003ci\u003eCultivating Coffee: The Farmers of Carazo, Nicaragua, 1880–1930\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eLatin America: An Interpretive History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction. Tarrazú: A Place, a Coffee, and a People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Tarrazú’s Founding and Settlement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Coffee, Downward Mobility, and Political Power in Tarrazú\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Maintaining the Order: Gender, Class, State Authority, and Violence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Revolt in Tarrazú\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Civil War and Its Consequences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Migration and Shifting Class, Racial, and National Identities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. National Belonging and Exclusion beyond Costa Rica’s Borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion. Costa Rica’s Cold War Exceptionalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577620468055,"sku":"9780817320027","price":36.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780817320027.jpg?v=1746095981","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-saints-of-progress-9780817320027","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}