MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aNewton, Velma.
245 14 $aThe silver men :$bWest Indian labour migration to Panama, 1850-1914 /$cVelma Newton.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aKingston, Jamaica :$bIan Randle ;$aBarbados :$bSir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies,$c2004.
300 $axvii, 213 p.
500 $a[Based on the author's thesis (M.A.--University of the West Indies, 1973)].
500 $aOriginally published 1984 by The Sir Arthur Lewis School of Social and Economic Studies (formerly ISER).
500 $a"Cover image: 'Arrival at Cristobal of S.S. Ancon with 1,500 laborers from Barbados, Deck Scene, Sept. 2, 1909'. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Photographic Division, Washington"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [186]-195) and index.
520 $a"Highlights the role of West Indies in building the Panama Railroad and Canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Shows that the migration to Panama had more far-reaching demographic and economic consequences on the British West Indies than is generally contributed to the still popular conception of extra-regional migration as one of the best avenues to economic nd social betterment. Also examines the social position of th Panamanians of West Indian descent and concludes that their assimilation was still not complete even up to the end of the 20th century."--P. [4] of cover.
651 0 $aPanama$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory.
651 0 $aWest Indies, British$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory.
651 0 $aPanama Canal (Panama)$xHistory.
610 20 $aPanama Railroad Co.$xHistory.
651 0 $aWest Indians$zPanama$xHistory.
650 0 $aForeign workers, West Indian$zPanama.