| The West Indians of Costa Rica: Race, Class, and the Integration of an Ethnic Minority Volume 35 Contributor(s): Harpelle, Ronald N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773522816 ISBN-13: 9780773522817 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: The Jamaicans, Barbadians, and other West Indians who migrated to Costa Rica at the turn of the twentieth century found themselves in a country that prides itself on its Spanish and "white settler" origins. In The West Indians of Costa Rica Ronald Harpelle examines the ways in which people of African descent reacted to key issues of community and cultural survival from 1900 to 1950. He shows that the men and women who ventured to Costa Rica in search of opportunities in the banana industry arrived as West Indian sojourners but became Afro-Costa Ricans. The West Indians of Costa Rica is a story about choices: who made them, when, how, and what the consequences were. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History; Series One |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.1" W x 9.28" (0.86 lbs) 264 pages |