The heritage of the conquistadors :

305.5/2/097286

Stone, Samuel Z. The heritage of the conquistadors : ruling classes in Central America from the Conquest to the Sandinistas / Samuel Z. Stone ; foreword by Richard E. Greenleaf. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1990.
xiv, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Content notes : Ruling classes, production, and government -- Contemporary conflicts -- Conquistadors and nobility in the making of elites -- The new American nobility -- Political cultures and values -- Similar problems in dissimilar cultures -- The Costa Rican ruling class and values -- Pointers for the rest of the isthmus -- Final considerations -- Appendixes. 0803242077 9780803242074 0803292147 (pbk) 9780803292147 (pbk) * Elite (Social sciences) - Case studies. - History - Central America Elite (Social sciences) - History. - Costa Rica Power (Social sciences) - Case studies. Poder (Ciencias sociales) - Estudio con casos. Elite (Ciencias sociales) - Historia - Estudio con casos. - Costa Rica * Central America - Genealogy. Costa Rica - Genealogy. América Central - Genealogía. Costa Rica - Genealogía. * Upper classes History Central America