City of Flowers: An Ethnography of Social and Economic Change in Costa Rica's Central Valley SOC006000 When All the World Was

When All the World Was Young continues the story of young Porter Osborne with the supreme wit and wisdom that readers have come to expect from the inimitable Ferrol Sams

Chuck is determined to stop the monsters he's created

Published: 03/29/2004

A timely and urgent book written in an engaging style

internal dynamics

City of Flowers: An Ethnography of Social and Economic Change in Costa Rica's Central Valley SOC006000 When All the World WasCity of Flowers is an ethnographic study of social and economic change in Costa Rica. Rather than investigate how macroeconomic forces bear down on workers and households, this book explores how individuals and households give meaning and shape to neoliberalism as it evolves over time. Drawing on twenty years of field work and 100 life histories of people living in one Costa Rican city, the book considers how individuals in four different class