01626cam a2200313 a 4500 32945 20230404130008.0 950609s1996 lauab b 001 0 eng (DLC) 95021958 671497 lcc bk 95021958 0807119792 (cl : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC nccr--- nw----- 106 HD 8138.5 C548w 1996 331.6/2729207286 20 Chomsky, Aviva, 1957- West Indian workers and the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica, 1870-1940 / Aviva Chomsky. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1996. xiii, 302 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-285) and index. "History of UFCO's Atlantic coast operations in Costa Rica from perspective of largely West Indian labor force. Examines formation of enclave economy, including role of West Indian labor, subsistence production, and health problems as occasion of worker-company misunderstandings. Also studies workers' cultural and political lives apart from, and sometimes in conflict with, company, and how West Indians and UFCO figured in Costa Rican nationalist thought and politics"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/ Alien labor, West Indian Costa Rica History. Agricultural laborers Costa Rica History. Banana trade Costa Rica History. United Fruit Company History. **LC HAS REQ'D # OF SHELF COPIES** 8864 8864 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 106 HD 8138.5 C548w 1996 00000033738 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk