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Myths of ethnicity and nation : immigration, work, and identity in the Belize banana industry. Mark Moberg

Moberg, Mark [1959-] c1997

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Myths of ethnicity and nation : immigration, work, and identity in the Belize banana industry. Mark Moberg
Author: Moberg, Mark [1959-]
Subjects: Banana trade -- Employees -- History -- Belize;
Agricultural laborers -- History -- Belize;
Alien labor -- History -- Belize;
Travailleurs agricoles -- Histoire -- Belize;
Travailleurs étrangers -- Histoire -- Belize;
Banana trade -- History -- Belize;
Bananes -- Industrie et commerce -- Histoire -- Belize;
Travailleurs agricoles étrangers -- Belize;
Belize -- Ethnic relations;
Belize -- Relations interethniques;
Belize -- Emigration et immigration
Description: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
Introduction : caste and class in southern Belize Culture and history in the forgotten district Boom, bust, and monopoly control : cycles of banana production in Belize Local and international contexts of production Out of work in the fields of gold : Belizean labor in the banana industry Central American immigration : the reshaping of a labor market The construction of ethnicity on banana farms Transnational identities and trajectories in the banana belt Toward paths that unite : strategies of nationhood and development Epilogue : the crushing of banderas unidas
Publisher: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1997
Creation Date: c1997
Format: xxxvi, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Language: English

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