| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- PART ONE: The Movement and its Origins -- The West Indian Background -- The Lure of the Isthmus -- Emigration Policies -- Recruiting Labourers -- The Character and Magnitude of Emigration -- Effects on the British West Indies -- PART TWO: The West Indian Experience in Panama -- Roots -- Life with the Panama Railroad and French Canal Companies, 1850-1903 -- Life with the Yankee Boss, 1903-1914 -- The West Indian Minority in Panama -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDICES -- INDEX |
| Summary |
"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."--page [4] of cover |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Panama Railroad Co. -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Panama Railroad Co. fast (OCoLC)fst00564197 |
| Subject |
Foreign workers, West Indian -- Panama
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West Indians -- Panama -- History
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Foreign workers, West Indian.
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West Indians.
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Panama.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789766378110 |
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9766378118 |
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