Lexington Books
Pages: 176
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Trim: 6 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
The Legacy of the Filibuster War: National Identity and Collective Memory in Central America deals with the political uses of the memory of the Costa Rican army's victory in the 1856-57 war. The goal of the book is to contribute to the debate begun a few decades ago. Specialists in the field of nation-state building, national identity, and nationalism, as well as historians in general, will find this book useful.
— Hispanic American Historical Review