Gold, garimpeiros and maroons:brazilian migrants and ethnicrelationships in post-war suriname

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Main Author: Wim Hoogbergen
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad de Puerto Rico 2004
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contents Gold, garimpeiros and maroons:brazilian migrants and ethnicrelationships in post-war suriname Wim Hoogbergen Dirk Kruijt Estudios Culturales Post migration gold mining War Suriname ethnic relations When the civil war between the Surinamese Army and theMaroon commandos ended in 1992, the gold industry in EastSuriname was on the rise. The goldfields of Suriname are situatedmainly in Maroon areas. In the 1990s a migratory wave ofBrazilian garimpeiros came to work in the Surinamese interior.The arrival of these Brazilians led to a culture of entrepreneursand businesses wanting to produce as much as possible, as fastas possible and without any consideration for the damage thegold mining would do to the environment... 2004 artículo científico 0008-6533 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=39232201 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=392 Caribbean Studies application/pdf Universidad de Puerto Rico Caribbean Studies (Puerto Rico) Num.2 Vol.32
format Artículo científico
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publishDate 2004
publisher Universidad de Puerto Rico
spellingShingle Gold, garimpeiros and maroons:brazilian migrants and ethnicrelationships in post-war suriname
Wim Hoogbergen
Estudios Culturales
Post
migration
gold mining
War Suriname
ethnic relations
Gold, garimpeiros and maroons:brazilian migrants and ethnicrelationships in post-war suriname Wim Hoogbergen Dirk Kruijt Estudios Culturales Post migration gold mining War Suriname ethnic relations When the civil war between the Surinamese Army and theMaroon commandos ended in 1992, the gold industry in EastSuriname was on the rise. The goldfields of Suriname are situatedmainly in Maroon areas. In the 1990s a migratory wave ofBrazilian garimpeiros came to work in the Surinamese interior.The arrival of these Brazilians led to a culture of entrepreneursand businesses wanting to produce as much as possible, as fastas possible and without any consideration for the damage thegold mining would do to the environment... 2004 artículo científico 0008-6533 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=39232201 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=392 Caribbean Studies application/pdf Universidad de Puerto Rico Caribbean Studies (Puerto Rico) Num.2 Vol.32
title Gold, garimpeiros and maroons:brazilian migrants and ethnicrelationships in post-war suriname
topic Estudios Culturales
Post
migration
gold mining
War Suriname
ethnic relations
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=39232201