[PDF.04hr] Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal

Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal

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 | #1509242 in Books |  Ingramcontent |  2014-09-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.00 x7.00 x1.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| An exceptional work of historical significance.|By Owen Everard James|Not too many West Indians are aware of the mass migration of workers from islands such as Jamaica and Barbados to the Isthmus to build the railroad and canal. They are even less aware of the invaluable contribution of these migrants to one of the most remarkable feats of engineering ever attempted. The lastin|About the Author|Olive Senior is a leading Caribbean author, well known for her prize winning works of fiction and poetry. Her Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage and other non-fiction books have also earned high praise from scholars, historians, and the general r

The popular West Indian migration narrative often starts with the Windrush Generation in 1950's England, but in Dying to Better Themselves Olive Senior examines an earlier narrative: that of the neglected post-emancipation generation of the 1850's who were lured to Panama by the promise of lucrative work and who initiated a pattern of circular migration that would transform the islands economically, socially and politically well into the twentieth century. West Indians p...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal   |  Olive Senior. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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