TY - BOOK AU - Stone,Samuel Z. TI - The heritage of the conquistadors: ruling classes in Central America from the Conquest to the Sandinistas SN - 0803242077 AV - HN125.2.E4 S755 1990 U1 - 305.5/2/097286 20 PY - 1990/// CY - Lincoln PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Central America KW - History KW - Case studies KW - Costa Rica KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Poder (Ciencias sociales) KW - Estudio con casos KW - Elite (Ciencias sociales) KW - Historia KW - Genealogy KW - América Central KW - Genealogía KW - Upper classes N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-234) and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/89027160-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/89027160-d.html UR - http://www.archive.org/details/heritageofconqui00ston ER -