Indigenous passages to Cuba, 1515-1900 /

Jason Yaremko traces the movements and migrations of indigenous peoples from several regions of North America into the Caribbean basin, particularly to Cuba, during the Spanish colonial period. Yaremko argues that the history of the journeys of indigenous individuals, groups and communities to Cuba,...

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Main Author: Yaremko, Jason M., 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
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Summary:Jason Yaremko traces the movements and migrations of indigenous peoples from several regions of North America into the Caribbean basin, particularly to Cuba, during the Spanish colonial period. Yaremko argues that the history of the journeys of indigenous individuals, groups and communities to Cuba, and their multifaceted and dynamic experiences of survival, adaptation, resistance and negotiation of Cuban colonial society, has played an important but often unacknowledged role in identity formation in Cuban and Caribbean history.
Physical Description:xi, 242 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813062808
0813062802