Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

The Social and Political Integration of West Indians in Costa Rica

1930-50

Bibliographic Data

ID3333508
AuthorsRonald N Harpelle (University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume25
Issue1
Pages103-120
Publication date1993-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x00000389
OpenAlexW1997928452
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited5

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

African descent · American west · Development economics · Economic growth · Ethnology · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Sociology · Cuban History and Society

  • Radicalism and accommodation

    Ronald N Harpelle•Journal of Iberian and Latin…•2000

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

    Open Access•Ronald N Harpelle•The Americas A Quarterly Review…•2000

  • The Art of Trafficking

    Laura R Blume•The Art of Trafficking•2025

  • Subordinação racial no Brasil e na América Latina

    Open Access•Tanya Katerí Hernández, Arivaldo Santos de Souza et al.•Subordinação Racial No Brasil e…•2017

  • Negotiating the public secrecy of sex in a transnational tourist town in Caribbean Costa Rica

    Open Access•Susan Frohlick•Tourist Studies•2008

  • Chasing Cocaine along the Caribbean Coast

    Laura R Blume•The Art of Trafficking•2025

  • Identity, Class, and Nation

    Barry Carr•Hispanic American Historical Review•1998

  • Transnational Labor and Refugee Enclaves in a Central American Banana Industry

    M Moberg•Human Organization•1996

  • Trading Impressions

    Open Access•Frederick Wherry, Frederick F Wherry•The Annals of the American…•2007

  • Indentured migration and differential gender gene flow

    Open Access•Loredana Castri, Flory Otárola et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2007

  • Race, space and commerce in multi-ethnic Costa Rica

    Louisa Buckingham•International Journal of the…•2018

  • Mill Occupations and Soviets

    Open Access•Barry Carr•Journal of Latin American Studies•1996

  • The Heterogeneous Isthmus

    Open Access•Thomas Sigler, Thomas J Sigler et al.•Bulletin of Latin American Research•2015

  • Fluid Exchanges

    Open Access•Susan Frohlick•City & Society•2007

  • Bananas and Business

    Open Access•Ronald N Harpelle•Race & Class•2000

  • The nation-state, identity management, and indigenous crafts

    Frederick F Wherry•Ethnic and Racial Studies•2006

  • The Political Economy of Central America since 1920

    Open Access•Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Victor Bulmer‐Thomas•Political Economy of Central…•1987

  • Costa Rica

    Open Access•Robert B Kent, Robert Β Kent et al.•Geographical Review•1986

  • Forgotten Workers

    Open Access•Elisavinda Echeverri-Gent•Journal of Latin American Studies•1992

  • Costa Rica

    Lowell Gudmundson, Carolyn Hall•Hispanic American Historical Review•1986

  • What Happen

    Michael D Olien, Paula Healani Palmer et al.•Ethnohistory•1982

Unique citing works16
Citations per year0,53
Citation span1996 - 2025 (30)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 13
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae