The Columbia Canal study

The consulting firm of Wilbur Smith and Associates was contracted by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the city of Columbia through the City's Landmarks Commission to prepare a feasibility study and conceptual master plan for lands adjoining and related to the Columbia Canal. The study area for the project includes the waterfront on both sides of the three Columbia rivers from a mile south of the Blossom Street Bridge on the Congaree to about a half mile south of I-20 on the Broad, and to about a half mile above the Riverbanks Zoo on the Saluda. The recommendations resulting from this study appear in Chapter 10 and are the conclusions of the study team's evaluations summarized i n the nine preceding chapters.

Campesino, granjero, proletariado: formación de clase en una economía cafetalera de pequeños propietarios 1850-1950

ResumenEstudia la formación de clase en Costa Rica entre 1850-1950. La sociedad costarricense, sustentada principalmente en el cultivo del café, da testimonio de una transición “campesino a finquero” en la agricultura, la cual trasformó a un campesino orientado hacia la producción de subsistencia en clases de propietarios y no propietarios, patronos y obreros.AbstractAnalyzes class formation in Costa Rica between 1850 and 1950. The agricultural sector of Costa Rica society witnessed the transition from “peasant to farmer”, that is, transformation of peasantry engaged in subsistence activities to a sector of landowners and landless people, entrepreneurs and works