Shattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica provides the first comprehensive examination of transnational migration patterns into and out of Costa Rica. This impressive edited volume brings together the work of 18 top scholars from diverse social science backgrounds to analyze Costa Rican migration patterns in the era of globalization. The first section focuses on immigration in Costa Rican history, including chapters on Nicaraguan, North American and European imm...

En este libro sostenemos que los dispositivos territoriales no se pueden entender fuera de una dialéctica entre anclaje y movilidad. La producción de territorios se asocia a la movilidad que caracteriza a todos los sujetos y actores sociales, sean individuales o colectivos, que los habitan o los atraviesan. El libro es resultado de los esfuerzos de un colectivo reunido en el Laboratorio Mixto Internacional – MESO para entender cómo se van creando o transformando los arreglos normativos que...

This book provides readers with a thorough review on cervical cancer, treatment guidelines and emerging therapies available for the disease. It reviews the epidemiology clinical features, diagnosis, and medical management of cervical cancer.Given the increasing need for preventive strategies, treatment optimization with collaborative and integrative work, this book improves the actual and integral knowledge in this neoplasm. Given the high prevalence of this disease in Latin Americ...