Cold War Paradise by Atalia Shragai - 9781496230799

Cold War ParadiseSettlement, Culture, and Identity-Making Among U.S. Americans in Costa Rica, 19451980\nAuthor(s): Atalia Shragai\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9781496230799, 978-1496230799\nSynopsis\nIn the wake of the Cold War, a diverse group of [url] immigrants flocked to Costa Rica, distancing themselves from undesirable [url] policies at home and abroad. Enchanted with Costa Ricas natural beauty and lured by the prospect of cheap land, these expatriates-former government employees, businessmen and privileged bourgeois, dissident Quakers and self-seeking hippies,farmers and ecologists-sought a new life in a country that was often dubbed the Switzerland of Central America.\n\nCold War Paradise is a social and cultural history of this little-studied immigration flow. Based on extensive oral histories of these immigrants and their diverse writings, ranging from womens club cookbooks to per.