Entre el indigenismo y las compañías bananeras internacionales:El origen de las reservas indígenas en Costa Rica, 1907-1956

From the time of Independence Costa Rica has reveled in its European roots and racial purity while ignoring its indigenous and afro-descendant populations and ancestry. Nonetheless, in 1956 its government began securing indigenous land rights by erecting reserves. The explanations offered so far abo...

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Main Author: Alejandra Boza Villarreal
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Groupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire 2019-01-01
Series:Les Cahiers ALHIM
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/7135
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description From the time of Independence Costa Rica has reveled in its European roots and racial purity while ignoring its indigenous and afro-descendant populations and ancestry. Nonetheless, in 1956 its government began securing indigenous land rights by erecting reserves. The explanations offered so far about this policy change are incomplete. First, scholars have ignored the crucial struggle for land that took place at the beginning of the twentieth century, which pitted the Indians from Talamanca against the United Fruit Company (UFCo.). Second, they failed to account for the impact that the UFCo.’s agenda had on the creation of the country’s first reserves. Thus, the better-known actions of the Costa Rican indigenistas of the 1940s and the 1950s are but a partial explanation.
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spellingShingle Alejandra Boza Villarreal
Entre el indigenismo y las compañías bananeras internacionales:El origen de las reservas indígenas en Costa Rica, 1907-1956
Les Cahiers ALHIM
Talamanca
indigenous reserves
South Pacific
United Fruit Company
Doris Stone
title Entre el indigenismo y las compañías bananeras internacionales:El origen de las reservas indígenas en Costa Rica, 1907-1956
title_full Entre el indigenismo y las compañías bananeras internacionales:El origen de las reservas indígenas en Costa Rica, 1907-1956
title_fullStr Entre el indigenismo y las compañías bananeras internacionales:El origen de las reservas indígenas en Costa Rica, 1907-1956
title_full_unstemmed Entre el indigenismo y las compañías bananeras internacionales:El origen de las reservas indígenas en Costa Rica, 1907-1956
title_short Entre el indigenismo y las compañías bananeras internacionales:El origen de las reservas indígenas en Costa Rica, 1907-1956
title_sort entre el indigenismo y las companias bananeras internacionales el origen de las reservas indigenas en costa rica 1907 1956
topic Talamanca
indigenous reserves
South Pacific
United Fruit Company
Doris Stone
url https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/7135
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