Lexington Books
Pages: 176
Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-4985-5981-2 • Hardback • June 2019 • $90.00 • (£69.00)
978-1-4985-5982-9 • eBook • June 2019 • $85.50 • (£66.00)
Marco Cabrera Geserick is assistant professor at Gustavus Adolphus College.
Chapter 1: Fighting for May 1st: Rise, Fall, and Return of the Memory of the Filibuster War
Chapter 2: The Alajuelato and the Rise of Liberalism: May 1st versus Santamaria
Chapter 3: The Return of the Filibuster Myth and Cultural Anti-Imperialism: Consolidation of the Memory of the Filibuster War in Twentieth-Century Costa Rica
Chapter 4: Santa Rosa, or Failing on Inventing Traditions
Chapter 5: Celebrating the Avenging Torch: Perceptions of a Military Hero in a Country without Army