Chomsky WEST INDIAN WORKERS & UNITED FRUIT COMPANY IN COSTA RICA 1870-1940 HB DJ

Description: Chomsky WEST INDIAN WORKERS & UNITED FRUIT COMPANY IN COSTA RICA 1870-1940 HB DJ Hardcover book in very good, clean condition. Some underlining in otherwise clean text. Good to very good dust jacket. See photos for the Table of Contents. $5.25 domestic shipping. International shipping at cost. Please email with any questions. In the late nineteenth century, several U.S.-based companies, which merged into the United Fruit Company in 1899, began to build railroads and cultivate bananas in Costa Rica's Atlantic Coast province of Limon, recruiting mainly Jamaican workers. The society that developed in Limon was an English-speaking enclave of white North American managers and black West Indian workers, with a culture and history distinct from that of the rest of Costa Rica. This detailed and informative study of the banana industry on Costa Rica's Atlantic Coast, focusing on the lives of the industry's workers, explains why the United Fruit Company was never able to maintain the kind of social and economic control it sought over its workers and how the workers managed to create a vibrant alternative social and economic system around the plantation. West Indian Workers and the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica, 1870-1940 is among the first studies of the social history of multinational corporations and makes a significant contribution to current scholarship on plantation societies and labor systems, the history of medicine, the social and This book tells the story of the West Indian laborers who worked for the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica from 1870-1940. Written by Aviva Chomsky, it provides insight into the experiences of these workers and their struggles for better working conditions and rights. The book explores the complex relationship between the United Fruit Company and the workers, shedding light on the company's exploitative practices and the resistance of the laborers. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of labor rights and the impact of corporations on society.

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Location: Ankeny, Iowa

End Time: 2024-01-02T00:23:14.000Z

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