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Author Hoefte, Rosemarijn, 1959-

Title In place of slavery : a social history of British Indian and Javanese laborers in Suriname / Rosemarijn Hoefte
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : illustrations
Contents The panic begins: Cuban parents face a wrenching decision -- Operation Pedro Pan: a Miami priest teams up with a Havana headmaster -- International intrigue: working out the logistics -- Behind the Iron Curtain: the operation inside Cuba -- Helping Cubans escape tyranny: the Washington details -- The Cuban Children's Program: umbrella group cares for the wards of Pedro Pan -- A watershed experience: torn from family, all alone, rescued in Miami -- Toward a resolution: young refugees' reactions to transit centers and placements -- Reunited at last: a dream come true or a shock of recognition? -- An evaluation: how successful was the rescue operation? -- Appendix. Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-264) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Contract labor -- Suriname -- History
East Indians -- Suriname -- History
Javanese (Indonesian people) -- Suriname -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Contract labor
East Indians
Economic history
Javanese (Indonesian people)
Social conditions
Kontraktarbeiter
Sozialgeschichte
Contractarbeiders.
Landarbeiders.
Plantages.
Javanen.
Voorindiërs.
Labor & Workers' Economics.
Business & Economics.
SUBJECT Suriname -- Social conditions
Suriname -- Economic conditions
Subject Suriname
Surinam
Suriname (land)
Inder.
Javaner.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98039085
ISBN 0813021707
9780813021706