Dying to Better Themselves West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal |
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| Author:
| Senior, Olive |
| ISBN: | 978-976-640-457-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of the West Indies Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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The popular West Indian migration narrative often starts with the "Windrush Generation" in 1950s England, but in Dying to Better Themselves Olive Senior examines an earlier narrative: that of the neglected post-emancipation generation of the 1850s who were lured to Panama by the promise of lucrative work and who initiated a pattern of circular migration that would transform the islands economically, socially and politically well into the twentieth century.
The popular West Indian migration narrative often starts with the "Windrush Generation" in 1950s England, but in Dying to Better Themselves Olive Senior examines an earlier narrative: that of the neglected post-emancipation generation of the 1850s who were lured to Panama by the promise of lucrative work and who initiated a pattern of circular migration that would transform the islands economically, socially and politically well into the twentieth century.