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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b12226983.
- catalog coverage "Costa Rica Ethnic relations History.".
- catalog coverage "Costa Rica Relations interethniques Histoire.".
- catalog coverage "Limón (Costa Rica : Province) Race relations.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xx, 238 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0773521623 :".
- catalog isPartOf "McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; [10]".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Montreal Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Costa Rica Ethnic relations History.".
- catalog spatial "Costa Rica Limón (Province)".
- catalog spatial "Costa Rica Relations interethniques Histoire.".
- catalog spatial "Costa Rica".
- catalog spatial "Limón (Costa Rica : Province) Race relations.".
- catalog subject "305.896/972907286 21".
- catalog subject "Antillais Costa Rica Histoire.".
- catalog subject "Blacks Costa Rica Limón (Province) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Blacks Cultural assimilation Costa Rica Limón (Province) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "F1549.L55 H37 2001".
- catalog subject "Foreign workers, West Indian Costa Rica Limón (Province) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Racism Costa Rica History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "West Indians Costa Rica History.".
- catalog subject "West Indians Costa Rica Limón (Province) History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The West Indians of Costa Rica : race, class, and the integration of an ethnic minority / Ronald N. Harpelle.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".