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GENERATIONS OF SETTLERS

Dellplain Latin American Studies

• No. 8* Studies in Spanish American Population History , edited by David J. Robinson
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Generations of Settlers

Rural Households and Markets on the Costa Rican Frontier, 1850-1935

Mario Samper

Dellplain Latin American Studies, No. 26

First published 1990 by Westview Press, Inc.

Published 2018 by Routledge
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Copyright 1990 by the Department of Geography, Syracuse University

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Samper, Mario.
Generations of settlers : rural households and markets on the Costa Rican frontier, 1850-1935/Mario Samper.
p. cm.(Dellplain Latin American Studies; no. 26)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8133-8021-9
1. AgricultureEconomic aspectsCosta RicaCentral ValleyHistory. 2. Land use, RuralCosta RicaCentral ValleyHistory. 3. Land tenureCosta RicaCentral ValleyHistory. 4. Rural familiesCosta RicaCentral ValleyEconomic conditions. 5. PeasantryCosta RicaCentral ValleyHistory. I. Title. II. Series.
HD1805.C46S26 1990
338.1'097286'5dc20

90-45671
CIP

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-01569-5 (hbk)

To my family, in Costa Rica and Colombia,
To the elderly people from whom I learned so much about history and life.

Contents

1. ii

Guide

In the course of several years mainly devoted to the preparation of this study, I acquired numerous intellectual and personal debts. The attempt to record each one has made me acutely aware of the fact that this is in many ways a collective effort, although I am, of course, solely responsible for the content and whatever shortcomings or misinterpretations there may be.

I should first thank professors Tulio Halpern, James Parsons and Richard Herr for their generous support. I must also express my deep gratitude to several Costa Rican and foreign colleagues whose stimulating criticism was invaluable, or who provided indispensable data and counsel: Victor Hugo Acua, Guillermo Carvajal, Jos Antonio Fernndez, Elizabeth Fonseca, Edwin Gonzlez, Lowell Gudmundson, Elizabeth Kuznesof, Hctor Prez, Arodys Robles, William Roseberry and Rosalba Salas, among others.

My wife Cecilia Villarreal spent long hours helping me enter data into the computer and allowing me to draft the manuscript, while pursuing her own professional career. Our children -Alexandra, Jimena and Daniel-made it sometimes difficult and always worthwhile.

Brunilda Hilje, Alba Camacho, Rosalba Salas and Mario Senz helped follow the paths of settlers through the national archives and the real estate registry. Anabelle Fonseca worked long days with me tracking down and interviewing their descendants, and Maria Isabel Padilla transcribed the often almost unintelligible tapes we had recorded. Damaris Gamboa and Giselle Cordero also cooperated in secretarial tasks. Gerardo Mora also worked late helping me process data from probate inventories. In the archives of the Ospina family, in Colombia, Constanza Toro completed the data collection which I began on one of my trips.

The History Department of the Universidad Nacional provided constant support for my research activities during these years, and a framework for discussion of preliminary results. The Centro de Investigaciones Histricas at Universidad de Costa Rica, and especially my colleagues in the quantitative history program, also contributed significantly. The staff of the Archivo Nacional, Registro de la Propiedad, Registro Civil and local parishes was extremely helpful. Those in charge of the historical archives in Medellin, the Fundacin Antioquea de Estudios Sociales, and the public notaries and parish offices in southwestern Antioquia allowed me to obtain valuable information. I received an Inter-American Foundation research fellowship for part of my fieldwork in Costa Rica and Colombia, as well as a Fulbright scholarship for graduate studies at the University of California. None of these institutions is responsible for the content of this book.

The people who shared their personal knowledge of history with me through interviews were essential to this research project, and I sincerely hope they find their lives reflected here, to a certain extent, and in the appropriate manner.

Mario Samper

Chapter 1
Introduction

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