Migrations of Chinese to Costa Rica and its consequent process Of assimilation since 1855

Exploring identity issues in the Chinese community of Costa Rica and outlining migratory movements of Chinese people toward and within Costa Rica are key to understand assimilation processes of first-wave immigrants and their descendants. As the Chinese experience in Costa Rica is anything but singu...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Sai Acón, Lai
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/27403
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/27403
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Chinese migration
Costa Rica
microcultures
Limón
Puntarenas
Migración china
microculturas
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Summary:Exploring identity issues in the Chinese community of Costa Rica and outlining migratory movements of Chinese people toward and within Costa Rica are key to understand assimilation processes of first-wave immigrants and their descendants. As the Chinese experience in Costa Rica is anything but singular, this article sets out to reconstruct the history of the Chinese community with several approaches:  archival research, interviews with descendants of Chinese immigrants, and personal experience as a member of the community.