02905nam 22006614a 450 991080987910332120200520144314.0979-88-908753-6-50-8078-6223-1(CKB)111087027917592(EBL)413396(OCoLC)476237349(SSID)ssj0000126280(PQKBManifestationID)11141364(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126280(PQKBWorkID)10030177(PQKB)10451274(Au-PeEL)EBL413396(CaPaEBR)ebr10047164(MiAaPQ)EBC413396(EXLCZ)9911108702791759220020201d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe company they kept migrants and the politics of gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960 /Lara Putnam1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20021 online resource (315 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5406-9 0-8078-2732-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.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 -- Companeros : communities and kinship, 1920s-1950s -- Facety women : rudeness and respectability, 1890s-1930s -- Men of respect : authority and violence, 1890s-1950s.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.Migrant agricultural laborersCosta RicaPuerto LimonSocial conditionsWomenCosta RicaPuerto LimonSocial conditionsBlacksCosta RicaPuerto LimonSocial conditionsSex roleCosta RicaPuerto LimonHistoryPower (Social sciences)Costa RicaPuerto LimonHistoryPuerto Limon (Costa Rica)Social conditionsPuerto Limon (Costa Rica)Economic conditionsMigrant agricultural laborersSocial conditions.WomenSocial conditions.BlacksSocial conditions.Sex roleHistory.Power (Social sciences)History.306.3/6/097286109034Putnam Lara1158119MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809879103321The company they kept4008625UNINA