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001 96051261
003 DLC
005 20090528083918.0
008 961206s1997 tnua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 96051261
020 $a087049970X (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $ancbh---
050 00 $aHD9259.B3$bB426 1997
082 00 $a338.1/74772/097282$221
100 1 $aMoberg, Mark,$d1959-
245 10 $aMyths of ethnicity and nation :$bimmigration, work, and identity in the Belize banana industry /$cMark Moberg.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aKnoxville :$bUniversity of Tennessee Press,$cc1997.
300 $axxxvi, 218 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : caste and class in southern Belize -- Culture and history in the forgotten district -- Boom, bust, and monopoly control : cycles of banana production in Belize -- Local and international contexts of production -- Out of work in the fields of gold : Belizean labor in the banana industry -- Central American immigration : the reshaping of a labor market -- The construction of ethnicity on banana farms -- Transnational identities and trajectories in the banana belt -- Toward paths that unite : strategies of nationhood and development -- Epilogue : the crushing of banderas unidas.
650 0 $aBanana trade$zBelize$xHistory.
650 0 $aBanana trade$zBelize$xEmployees$xHistory.
650 0 $aAgricultural laborers$zBelize$xHistory.
650 0 $aForeign workers$zBelize$xHistory.
651 0 $aBelize$xEthnic relations.