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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Chronology
- Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
- Introduction
- 1 Theoretical Overview
- 2 Manichean Identities and Normative Scheming: Origins
- 3 Orphans of Empire: Constructing National Identities
- 4 Postcolonial Paths: Rhetorical Strategies and Frames
- 5 Costa Rica: Possibility Mongers
- 6 Nicaragua: Hybrid Arbitration
- 7 Tropical Histories: Paradise and Hell on Earth
- 8 Transition: Familiar Novelties
- Conclusion
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Chronology
- Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
- Introduction
- 1 Theoretical Overview
- 2 Manichean Identities and Normative Scheming: Origins
- 3 Orphans of Empire: Constructing National Identities
- 4 Postcolonial Paths: Rhetorical Strategies and Frames
- 5 Costa Rica: Possibility Mongers
- 6 Nicaragua: Hybrid Arbitration
- 7 Tropical Histories: Paradise and Hell on Earth
- 8 Transition: Familiar Novelties
- Conclusion
- Index
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- Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and NicaraguaWorld Making in the Tropics, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005