The Social and Political Integration of West Indians in Costa Rica: 1930–50

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald N. Harpelle
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Social Development ◽  
African Descent ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
West Indian ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
West Indians ◽  
The West ◽  
Indian Immigrants ◽  
The Social

People of African descent in Costa Rica form a marginalised and geographically concentrated minority group. The limited interest that academics have shown towards people of African descent is a reflection of their position in Costa Rican society. National histories consistently ignore the contributions of West Indian immigrants to the economic and social development of modern Costa Rica. Moreover, the existing literature on people of African descent in Costa Rica fails to document properly West Indians' efforts to integrate into Hispanic society. As a result, several misconceptions continue to exist about the evolution of the West Indian community in Costa Rica.

Racism and Nationalism in the Creation of Costa Rica's Pacific Coast Banana Enclave

2000 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald N. Harpelle
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
West Indian ◽  
West Indians ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
The West ◽  
United Fruit Company ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Government

The creation of the new banana enclave on Costa Rica's Pacific coast in the 1920s marks a significant watershed in the social and political history of race relations in the country. The culminating event in what was a lengthy battle over the composition of the workforce on the new plantations was the signing of the 1934 banana contract between the government of Costa Rica and the United Fruit Company. In addition to allowing for the continued growth of the industry in Costa Rica, the agreement took aim at the West Indian immigrant by prohibiting “people of colour” from working for United Fruit on the Pacific coast. Subsequent to the agreement, the state made a conscious effort to force the integration of the West Indian community. The government closed English schools, pushed farmers off their land, and deported West Indians in order to purge the province of Limón of people who were not citizens, but who belonged to a well-established immigrant community. As a result, resident West Indians were forced to re-examine their relationship with the country and they engaged in a protracted struggle to overcome heightened levels of discrimination.

The Chinese in West Indian Fiction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Lee-Loy
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
West Indies ◽  
West Indian ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
West Indians ◽  
The West ◽  
Indian Identity ◽  
Literary Landscapes ◽  
Marginal Status

Asians in the West Indies are primarily migrants and their descendants from either South Asia or China. The representation of the Chinese in West Indian fiction is integrally connected to the specific development of the region. Indeed, to consider the role that the Chinese play in West Indian fiction is to engage, more generally, in the act of imaginatively locating the West Indies. Despite the fact that numerically, they have always held a marginal status in the region, the Chinese are very much present in West Indian literary landscapes. The recurring representations of the Chinese and Chineseness in such fiction are intimately tied to locating the metaphorical and discursive contours of the West Indies and of West Indians. In this context, depictions of the Chinese in West Indian literary texts tend to follow three lines of representation: (1) defining the region as an exotic “other place”; (2) negotiating the boundaries of West Indian belonging; and (3) complicating settled narratives of West Indian identity.

Socio-Cultural Determinants of Attempted Suicide Among West Indians in Birmingham: Ethnic Origin and Immigrant Status

1976 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aggrey W. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Older Persons ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
West Indians ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
The West ◽  
Indian Immigrants ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
Male Rate

SummaryThe author studied the significance of ethnic origin and immigrant status in attempted suicide. Epidemiological data (1969–72) indicated that self-poisoning among West Indian immigrants in Birmingham was less prevalent than among natives there but more prevalent than in the West Indies. The association of recent pregnancy with attempted suicide among young immigrant patients was noteworthy.Attempted suicide among immigrants was often relatively benign; few abused alcohol or drugs or made repeated attempts. The markedly lower male rate of attempted suicide, and its rarity in older persons, confirms previous findings.

scholarly journals Az információtechnológia civilizációs pályája: mérés és osztályozás

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Ian Morris,
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The West ◽  
Energy Capture ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Ian Morris a társadalmi fejlődés (social development) fogalmával az emberi közösségek képességét fejezi ki „dolgok elintézésére” a világban. Az így értelmezett társadalmi fejlettség mérhető és összehasonlító állapotokat jelent, térben és időben. Morris 4 tényező (az energiafelhasználás, a társadalmi szerveződés, az információtechnológia és a hadviselő kapacitás) kvantifikálásával megszerkesztett indexét kifejtő könyvéből az információtechnológiára vonatkozó, a többihez hasonlóan a Kelet és a Nyugat összehasonlítására épülő fejezetet fordítottuk le. Úttörő okfejtései és becslései remek kiindulópontok, hogy újraértékeljük és alaposan végiggondoljuk az információtechnológia helyét és „küldetését” a beavatkozásképesség, a cselekvési hatékonyság szempontjából. A tanulmányt Z. Karvalics László bevezetésével közöljük. --- The civilization path of information technology: measurement and classification Ian Morris defines social development as “social groups’ abilities to master their physical and intellectual environments and get things done in the world”. From this approach, “social development is - in principle - something we can measure and compare through time and space”. The Social Development Index of Morris is based on the quantifiable attributes of four pillars: energy capture, social organization, information technology, war-making capacity, comparing the numbers of the West and the East. We have translated and published the information technology chapter of his book with Laszlo Z. Karvalics’ introduction to support the re-evaluation of the role and mission of information technology throughout the ages from a special point of view: to facilitate the ability to act effectively.

scholarly journals New species and records of Ulmeritoides (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1010 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SOCORRO ÁVILA A. ◽  
R. WILLS FLOWERS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
The West ◽  
Temporary Streams ◽  
La Palma ◽  
Species Type ◽  
Santa Elena

Ulmeritoides acosa new species (type locality: La Palma, Costa Rica) and Ulmeritoides chavarriae new species (type locality: Santa Elena, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Costa Rica) (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) are described from imagos and nymphs. Both species occur along the west coast of Costa Rica, and both are adapted to living in temporary streams. Additional localities are given for Ulmeritoides guanacaste Domínguez and Ulmeritoides tifferae Domínguez, and a key is given for adults and nymphs of the four Costa Rican species of Ulmeritoides.

I REALLY CANNOT MAKE AFRICA MY HOME: WEST INDIAN MISSIONARIES AS ‘OUTSIDERS’ IN THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY CIVILIZING MISSION TO SOUTHERN NIGERIA, 1898–1925

2004 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
WAIBINTE E. WARIBOKO
Keyword(s):  
West Indian ◽  
West Indians ◽  
The West ◽  
Civilizing Mission ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Material Benefits ◽  
Church Missionary Society ◽  
Missionary Service ◽  
The Church

Informed by the notion of racial affinity, the European managers of the Church Missionary Society Niger Mission had required all black West Indians in their employ to make Africa their home. However, because the African posting involved a substantial devaluation in the material benefits to be derived from missionary service, West Indians vigorously objected to the idea of making Africa their home. They demanded instead to be perceived and treated as foreigners on the same footing as Europeans. Although they were subsequently defined as part of the expatriate workforce of the Mission, they were still denied parity with Europeans in the allocation of scarce benefits on the basis of racial considerations. Unresolved tensions over the redistribution of scarce resources led to the premature collapse of the West Indian scheme. This essay is an analysis of how the pursuit of socioeconomic self-interest affected the construction and representation of race and identity among the West Indians in the Niger Mission.

The Social Heritage of the West Indian Negro: Review

1948 ◽  
Vol 111 (4/6) ◽  
pp. 254
Author(s):  
T. S. Simey ◽  
J. Melville ◽  
Frances S. Herskovits
Keyword(s):  
West Indian ◽  
The West ◽  
The Social

The Fertility Plateau in Costa Rica: a Review of Causes and Remedies

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen D. Holl ◽  
Gretchen C. Daily ◽  
Paul R. Ehrlich
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Institutional Influence ◽  
Developed Nations ◽  
Status Of Women

The decline and subsequent above-replacement plateau in Costa Rican fertility rates illustrates a demographic pattern that is apparent in other developing countries. This paper discusses the complexity of factors that contribute to the fertility plateau in Costa Rica. These contributory factors include the social and economic status of women, socio-economic conditions in general, lack of government commitment to and supply of family planning services relative to demand, deficient sex and family-planning education, and the powerful institutional influence of the Catholic Church.We then discuss possible strategies, for developing and developed nations alike, to slow and eventually halt the exponential growth of the global human population. For this quintessential need the most important strategies, we suggest, are targeted education for both sexes and provision of comprehensive contraceptive and abortion services.

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