The heritage of the conquistadors : ruling classes in Central America from the Conquest to the Sandinistas / Samuel Z. Stone ; foreword by Richard E. Greenleaf
by Stone, Samuel Z
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 239p. 21 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references.Contents: Ruling classes, production, and government -- Contemporary conflicts -- Conquistadors and nobility in the making of elites -- The new American nobility -- Political cultures and values -- Similar problems in dissimilar cultures -- The Costa Rican ruling class and values -- Pointers for the rest of the isthmus -- Final considerations -- Appendixes. Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) Central America History Case studies. Elite (Social sciences) Costa Rica History. Power (Social sciences) ; Case studies.Elite (Social sciences)Elite (Social sciences)Elite (Social sciences) Central America History Case studies. Elite (Social sciences) Costa Rica History. Power (Social sciences) Case studiesElite (Social sciences) Central America History Case studies. Central America HistoryCentral America GenealogyElite (Social sciences) Central America History.Central America ; Genealogy. Costa Rica ; Genealogy. Costa Rica.Costa Rica. Central America GenealogyCosta Rica GenealogyUpper classes HistoryCentral America
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- Title
- The heritage of the conquistadors : ruling classes in Central America from the Conquest to the Sandinistas / Samuel Z. Stone ; foreword by Richard E. Greenleaf
- Author
- Stone, Samuel Z
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0803242077
- ISBN 13
- 9780803242074
- Publisher
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1990
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