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Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 2, Wku Latin American Studies
Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 2, Wku Latin American Studies
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.
Black Labor On A White Canal: West Indians In Panama, 1904-1980, Michael Conniff
Black Labor On A White Canal: West Indians In Panama, 1904-1980, Michael Conniff
Faculty Publications, History
As a crossroads for world commerce, Panama has always attracted outsiders. Traders, laborers, and adventurers swarmed to the Isthmus whenever new projects began. Between 1850 and 1950, as many as 200,000 West Indian blacks traveled to Panama, the most voluminous trans-Caribbean movement of people ever . The high tides of migration occurred in 1850-55 (the Panama Railroad), 1880-89 (the unsuccessful French canal), 1904-14 (the U.S. canal), and 1940-42 (the third locks project). West Indians saw Panama as a promised land with abundant jobs for the robust and easy money for the clever. They hoped that the journey to Panama would …
Nacs 10th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
Nacs 10th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
NACCS Conference Programs
March 25,26, 27, 1982
Arizona State University
Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies
Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.