THE OXCART MEN IN THE NORTH-WEST CENTRAL REGION OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF COSTA RICA AMONG THE CENTURIES XIX AND XX
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| Natura: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2014 |
| Descrizione: | This article analyzes a piece of national history related to Costa Rican rural means of transportation in the XIX and XX centuries. Particulary, the study focuses on the North-West Central Region of this country that groups the cantons of San Ramón, Palmares, Naranjo, Grecia, Valverde Vega, Poás, Atenas y Zarcero, where the “boyero” helped develop the rural economy by offering their transport services from town to town. |
| Stato: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Istituzione: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lingua: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/1246 |
| Accesso online: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rdialogos/article/view/1246 |
| Keyword: | Oxcart men, means of transportation, rural economy, poverty and North-West Central Region. Boyeros, medio de transporte, economía rural, pobreza y noroccidente del Valle Central. |