| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 238 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 10
|
|
McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 10.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index. |
| Contents |
Limon and the Caribbean: from railway construction to banana production -- Banana boom: expanding plantations and labour management, 1899-1914 -- Defending empires: west indians and united fruit go to war -- Dependence, depression, and dislocation, 1922-34 -- Confrontation and accommodation: silence in the face of discrimination -- Class divisions and internal dissent -- The "Africanization" of Costa Rica: racism and reaction -- The crisis of identity: west indian responses to assimilation -- Pounding at the door: civil war and the modification of the electoral base -- Conclusion: the evolution of an Afro-Costa RIcan subculture. |
| Summary |
"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." "Harpelle focuses on Caribbean migrants and their adaptation to life in a Hispanic society, particularly in Limon, where cultures and economies often clashed. Dealing with such issues as Garveyism, Afro-Christian religious beliefs, and class divisions within the West Indian community, The Indians of Costa Rica sheds light on a community that has been ignored by most historians and on events that define the parameters of the modern Afro-Costa Rican identity, revealing the complexity of a community in transition." "Harpelle 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."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
West Indians -- Costa Rica -- Limón (Province) -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
West Indians. |
|
Costa Rica -- Limón (Province) |
|
History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Black people -- Costa Rica -- Limón (Province) -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
Black people. |
|
Foreign workers, West Indian -- Costa Rica -- Limón (Province) -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
Foreign workers, West Indian. |
|
Racism -- Costa Rica -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
Racism. |
|
Costa Rica. |
|
Black people -- Cultural assimilation -- Costa Rica -- Limón (Province) -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
Black people -- Cultural assimilation. |
|
Limón (Costa Rica : Province) -- Race relations.
|
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1900-1950 |
|
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
History.
|
| Subject |
Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Harpelle, Ronald N., 1957- West Indians of Costa Rica. Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2001 (DLC) 2002421460 |
| ISBN |
9780773569058 (electronic book) |
|
0773569057 (electronic book) |
|
0773521623 |
|
9780773521629 |
|
