1st Edition
Female Prostitution in Costa Rica Historical Perspectives, 1880-1930
By Anne Hayes
Copyright 2006
244 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book analyzes the development of female prostitution in the Pacific port of Puntarenas, Costa Rica during the advanced stage of the coffee exporting economy (1880-1930), at the height of the consolidation of the liberal state. Hayes argues that prostitution in the port differed from that of the coffee producing highlands due to differential economic, social, and political development. In the... Read more
1. Theory 2. Regional Differentiation of Colony and Nation to 1890 3. The Development of Prostitution in Puntarenas, 1880-1910 4. Impact of the Pacific Railroad on Nation and Periphery, 1910-1930 5. Conclusion: Prostitution in Puntarenas and the State
Biography
Anne Hayes is a Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in the History Department of Fordham University.
