Abstract

SANCHO, Javier Rodríguez. The Oxcart Men in the North-West Central Region of the Central Valley of Costa Rica among The Centuries XIX And XX. Diálogos rev. electr. hist [online]. 2014, vol.15, suppl.1, pp.19-38. ISSN 1409-469X.

This article analyzes a piece of national history related to Costa Rican rural means of transportation in the XIX and XX centuries. Particulary, the study focuses on the North-West Central Region of this country that groups the cantons of San Ramón, Palmares, Naranjo, Grecia, Valverde Vega, Poás, Atenas y Zarcero, where the "boyero" helped develop the rural economy by offering their transport services from town to town.

Keywords : Oxcart men; means of transportation; rural economy; poverty and North-West Central Region.

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