Main entry:

Hernàndez, Xavier, 1954-

Title & Author:

San Rafael : a Central American city through the ages / Xavier Hernández ; illustrated by Jordi Ballonga and Josep Escofet ; translated by Kathleen Leverich.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

Description:

61 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
"Originally published in Italy in 1992 by Editorial Jaca Book SpA"--Preliminary page.
Includes index.
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.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

0395606454
9780395606452

Subject:

Cities and towns Central America History Juvenile literature.
Cities and towns Central America History.
Villes Amérique centrale Histoire Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Cities and towns.
Central America.

Form/genre:

History.
Juvenile works.

Added entries:

Ballonga, Jordi, illustrator.
Escofet, Josep, illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 276038
Call No.: BIB 210578
Status: Available