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The company they kept : migrants and the politics of gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960 /

In the 19th century, migrants from the USA, across the Caribbean and beyond poured into Caribbean Central America, drawn by the established banana plantations and economic booms, creating a very mixed population. This work explores the effects of this change on gender, kinship and community.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Putnam, Lara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The evolution of family practice in Jamaica and Costa Rica
  • Sojourners and settlers : economic cycles and traveling lives, 1850s-1940s
  • Las princesas del dollar : prostitutes and the banana booms, 1890s-1920s
  • Compañeros : communities and kinship, 1920s-1950s
  • Facety women : rudeness and respectability, 1890s-1930s
  • Men of respect : authority and violence, 1890s-1950s.