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In 1863 Costa Rica had just defeated the United States soldier of fortune William Walker (1857) and was consolidating her stability as an independent republic. Exports of coffee to Great Britain were steadily increasing in importance, and the economy was being transformed from a mere subsistence agriculture. The new prosperity was leading to the emergence of a moneyed class and some urbanization.
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Biesanz, J. and M., Costa Rican Life. 3rd printing. New York, 1946
Fernández Guardia, L., Historia de Costa Rica. 2nd ed., 2 vols. San José, 1941
May, S., and others, Costa Rica: A study in economic development. New York, 1952
Trejos, Juan, Geografía ilustrada de Costa Rica. San José, 1948
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Steinberg, S.H. (1963). Costa Rica. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270923_42
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