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100 1 $aHarpelle, Ronald N.,$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001073056
245 14 $aThe West Indians of Costa Rica :$brace, class, and the integration of an ethnic minority /$cRonald N. Harpelle.
260 $aMontreal :$bMcGill-Queen's University Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axx, 238 pages ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aMcGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series 2
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-233] and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: West Indians in Costa Rica History --$g1.$tLimon and the Caribbean: From Railway Construction to Banana Production --$g2.$tBanana Boom: Expanding Plantations and Labour Management, 1899-1914 --$g3.$tDefending Empires: West Indians and United Fruit Go to War --$g4.$tDependence, Depression, and Dislocation, 1922-34 --$g5.$tConfrontation and Accommodation: Silence in the Face of Discrimination --$g6.$tClass Divisions and Internal Dissent --$g7.$tThe "Africanization" of Costa Rica: Racism and Reaction --$g8.$tThe Crisis of Identity: West Indian Responses to Assimilation --$g9.$tPounding at the Door: Civil War and the Modification of the Electoral Base --$tConclusion: The Evolution of an Afro-Costa Rican Subculture.
520 1 $a"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.".
520 8 $a"Harpelle focuses on Caribbean migrants and their adaptation to life in a Hispanic society, particularly in Limon, where cultures and economies often clashed.
520 8 $aDealing 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.".
520 8 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWest Indians$zCosta Rica$xHistory.
651 0 $aCosta Rica$xEthnic relations$xHistory.
650 6 $aAntillais$zCosta Rica$xHistoire.
651 6 $aCosta Rica$xRelations interethniques$xHistoire.
830 0 $aMcGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history.$nSeries two.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98072344
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