The roads less traveled tell the behind the scenes of some of the most important decisions and actions that redefined the foreign policy of Costa Rica, under the second administration of President Óscar Arias Sánchez (2006-2010). Additionally, this b..

These are stories and short stories of diverse subjects, written by twenty students of the School of Philology, Linguistics and Literature of the University of Costa Rica. They are covered by humor, tragedy, metaliterary reflection, playful eagerness..

These are short stories and micro-stories on various topics, written by twenty students from the School of Philology, Linguistics and Literature of the University of Costa Rica. Humor, tragedy, metaliterary reflection, ludic desire and philosophical ..

Based on a comparative analysis, the book proposes a multidisciplinary theoretical model to explain the ways in which social policies can be generated for the entire population, as well as its main political and public policy determinants...

Liberal, Catholic and Communist men agreed, in the 20th century, a Social Reform that included the family salary as a means for workers to have a home that included a woman who would act as a modern wife and mother...

The book is a study of popular opinions about the Costa Rican language community; As such, falls within the field of "popular linguistics". The 600 opinions collected are systematized and analyzed in the light of the concept of "cultural model", in t..

This book focuses on the changes undergone by Indigenous of El Guarco chieftainship (Central Valley of Costa Rica), from the Spanish conquest until the beginning of the 20th century. The analysis of such changes a..

The book comparatively analyzes the actions of various actors and the Costa Rican state between 1950 and 2006 to create collections of arts among public institutions: the Central Bank of Costa Rica, the Costa Rican Art Museum and the Museum of Contem..