The Costa Rica Reader

ISBN-10
0802110819
ISBN-13
9780802110817
Category
Costa Rica
Pages
397
Language
English
Published
1989-01-01
Publisher
Grove/Atlantic
Authors
Marc Edelman, Joanne Kenen

Description

Contains primary source material.

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