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Testimonios del 48
"Costa Rica's 1948 civil war reflected in personal accounts from both sides of fighting around San Isidro de El General"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Aspects of Modernism
"Having been introduced a little to the idea of modernism and traditionalism . . . I became interested in seeing what this could mean in the area of San Isidro de El General. I have come to look at modernism as depending on whether or not a society has certain characteristics, such as, high urbanization, widespread literacy, is undergoing industrial and economic growth, and whether or not the people in the society have a certain outlook on life which consistently tends to be modern"--P. [1].
San Isidro (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from San Isidro People wondered why Don Beltran remained in the casa down by the river. He had been warned by his prudent neighbors, who lived anywhere from two to six miles away, that some time a flood, greater than any that the valley had yet known, would arise and sweep house and inmates away to the sea. Don Beltran laughed at this. He was happy as he was, and content. There had always been floods, and they had sometimes caused the river to overflow so as to wash across his potreros, but the cacao and bananas were planted on gentle elevations where the water as yet had never reached. Then, too, there was always the Hill Rancho, though neither so large nor so comfortable as the cas...
