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San Rafael : a Central American city through the ages
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San Rafael : a Central American city through the ages

Author: Xavier Hernàndez; Jordi Ballonga; Josep Escofet
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
Edition/Format:   Book : Juvenile audience : English : 1st American ed
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Describes the development of a fictional city in Central America from 1000 B.C. to the late twentieth century.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Hernàndez, Xavier, 1954-
San Rafael.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992
(OCoLC)659538653
Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Xavier Hernàndez; Jordi Ballonga; Josep Escofet
ISBN: 0395606454 : 9780395606452
OCLC Number: 24846847
Notes: "Originally published in Italy in 1992 by Editorial Jaca Book SpA"--Page facing t.p.
Includes index.
Description: 61 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Contents: Jaguar's roar: 1000 B.C. --
Temples in the jungle: 3rd century B.C. --
Pyramids to the sky: 4th century A.D. --
Empire on the river: 7th century --
Splendor of a Mayan city: Late 9th century --
Jungle swallows stone: 14th century --
Strangers in the jungle: Mid-17th century --
Birth of a colonial city: Early 18th century --
Churches, monasteries, palaces: Mid-18th century --
Echoes of the Enlightenment: Early 19th century --
Crises and dynamism: Mid-19th century --
New colonialism: International fruit companies: Early 20th century --
Impressive growth: Mid-20th century --
Unchecked expansion: Uncertain future
Responsibility: Xavier Hernández ; illustrated by Jordi Ballonga and Josep Escofet ; translated by Kathleen Leverich.

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Describes the development of a fictional city in Central America from 1000 B.C. to the late twentieth century.

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