Myths of ethnicity and nation : immigration, work, and identity in the Belize banana industry

Myths of ethnicity and nation : immigration, work, and identity in the Belize banana industry / Mark Moberg.

Author/creator	Moberg, Mark, 1959-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©1997.
Description	xxxvi, 218 pages : illustrations,map ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Banana trade--Belize --History. Banana trade--Belize --Employees --History. Agricultural laborers--Belize --History. Foreign workers--Belize --History. Belize--Ethnic relations.

Contents	Introduction : caste and class in southern Belize -- Culture and history in the forgotten district -- Boom, bust, and monopoly control : cycles of banana production in Belize -- Local and international contexts of production -- Out of work in the fields of gold : Belizean labor in the banana industry -- Central American immigration : the reshaping of a labor market -- The construction of ethnicity on banana farms -- Transnational identities and trajectories in the banana belt -- Toward paths that unite : strategies of nationhood and development -- Epilogue : the crushing of banderas unidas.
Local note	Little-315557--305131016105Q
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
LCCN	96051261
ISBN	087049970X (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HD9259.B3 B426 1997	✔ Available	Place Hold