Title In place of slavery : a social history of British Indian and Javanese laborers in Suriname / Rosemarijn Hoefte.

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [1998]
	©1998

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-264) and index.
Contents	The panic begins: Cuban parents face a wrenching decision -- Operation Pedro Pan: a Miami priest teams up with a Havana headmaster -- International intrigue: working out the logistics -- Behind the Iron Curtain: the operation inside Cuba -- Helping Cubans escape tyranny: the Washington details -- The Cuban Children's Program: umbrella group cares for the wards of Pedro Pan -- A watershed experience: torn from family, all alone, rescued in Miami -- Toward a resolution: young refugees' reactions to transit centers and placements -- Reunited at last: a dream come true or a shock of recognition? -- An evaluation: how successful was the rescue operation? -- Appendix. Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc.
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Subject	Contract labor -- Suriname -- History.
	Contract labor.
	Suriname.
	History.
	East Indians -- Suriname -- History.
	East Indians.
	Javanese (Indonesian people) -- Suriname -- History.
	Javanese (Indonesian people)
	Suriname -- Social conditions.
	Social conditions.
	Suriname -- Economic conditions.
	Economic conditions.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Hoefte, Rosemarijn, 1959- In place of slavery. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1998 0813016258 (DLC) 98039085 (OCoLC)39659200
ISBN	0813021707 (electronic book)
	9780813021706 (electronic book)
	0813016258 (cloth ; alkaline paper)

Title In place of slavery : a social history of British Indian and Javanese laborers in Suriname / Rosemarijn Hoefte.

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