Download or read book The West Indian in Panama written by Lancelot S. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Silver Men written by Velma Newton and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book The West Indian in Panama black Labor in Panama 1850 1914 written by Lancelot Sebastian Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Between Alienation and Citizenship written by Trevor O'Reggio and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2006 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slight revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago.
Download or read book Dying to Better Themselves written by Olive Senior and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of the involvement of the tiny islands of the West Indies in providing the work force for the construction of the Panama Canal (1904-1914) and before that, the Panama Railroad (1850-1855), and the French attempt under de Lesseps to build the Panama Canal (1881-1889). Written by a West Indian, the book allows the voices of the participants to tell their stories alongside the official accounts.
Download or read book The Silver Men written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book Black Labor on a White Canal written by Michael L. Conniff and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Silver Men written by Velma Newton and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book West Indian Workers on the Panama Canal written by Raymond Allan Davis and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of the Invisible Black Hercules written by Khemani Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the 1850s, less than twenty years after the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies, black West Indians began to exercise their newfound freedom by choosing to migrate to the Isthmus of Panama to start new lives and search for economic opportunities. Low wages, the lack of job opportunities and land ownership, and disenfranchisement inspired West Indians to seek other labor opportunities outside of the confines of their islands starting in 1881 with the French attempt of constructing the Panama Canal. When the French failed, the relatively young United States stepped in to finish the project. Although global politics are important, this project highlights the agency of the West Indian laborers that saw Panama as a land of economic opportunity despite the marginalization, racism, and exploitation they faced. The fortitude of the West Indians has not been studied yet it provides great insight into the men that made the construction of the Panama Canal possible. This work charts the West Indian immigrants experience in Panama to validate the importance of understanding a marginalized population in the larger stories of empire and the global economy. The departure from the tradition political history that surrounds the Panama Canal changes the conversation to focus more on the individual agency that West Indians exhibited throughout their time in Panama and how this agency allowed for the creation of a unique communal enclave and identity in Panama. Furthermore, it illuminates the important details concerning what happens to the West Indian community once the Canal is completed in 1914. Taking a transnational approach, this project explores how West Indian ambition allowed West Indians to reimagine their freedom and economic opportunity in the changing political and imperial dynamics of the Caribbean and Latin America.
Download or read book The Politics of Race in Panama written by Sonja Stephenson Watson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Panamanians, unlike other Aftro-Latin communities, have traditionally separated themselves based on ancestral heritage: on one hand are those whose ancestors were slaves during the colonial period; on the other are those whose families arrived from the West Indies to help build the Panama Railroad and Canal. In this book, Watson assesses how Panamanian literature represents this historical and continuing tension.
Download or read book The West Indian Islands All Roads Lead to the Panama Canal written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lost Towns of the Panama Canal written by Marixa Lasso and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold history of the Panama Canal--from Panama's point of view. Sleuth and scholar, Marixa Lasso has uncovered a long-overlooked story: to build their Canal, Americans displaced 40,000 Panamanians and erased entire cities, only to convince the world they had brought modernity to the tropics.--
Download or read book The West Indians in Panama written by Peggy Mabel Agard and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fifty Years of West Indian Life on the Isthmus of Panama written by George W. Westerman and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 1162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Status of West Indian Immigrants in Panama from 1850 1941 written by Sadith Esther Paz B. and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Panama the New Route to India written by Frank Ales Gause and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
