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Social struggle and civil society in nineteenth century Cuba /

"This collection of research from Cuba scholars explores key conflicts, episodes, currents, and tensions that helped shape Cuba as a modern, independent nation. Social Struggle and Civil Society in Nineteenth Century Cuba appeals to general readers and scholars in a range of disciplines, includ...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Morris, Richard E., 1968- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Series:Routledge studies in the history of the Americas.
Subjects:
Cuba > History > 1810-1899.
Cuba > Social conditions > 19th century.
Cuba > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Cuba > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Slavery > Cuba > History > 19th century.
Agriculture > Cuba > History > 19th century.
Agriculture.
Economic history.
Manners and customs.
Slavery.
Social conditions.
Cuba.
1800-1899
History.
Table of Contents:
  • About the contributors
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Map of Cuba in 1850
  • Introduction / Richard E. Morris
  • Chapter 1 : Transformations of the Cuban plantation system and the transatlantic slave trade during the long nineteenth century / William C. Van Norman, Jr.
  • Chapter 2 : Tobacco in the age of Cuba's second slavery / William A. Morgan
  • Chapter 3 : A racial economy of care: incarceration, labor extraction, and charity in Cuba's nineteenth-century slave society / Bonnie A. Lucero
  • Chapter 4 : Breaking chains: resistance, freedom, and the end of Chinese indentured labor in Cuba / Benjamín N. Narváez
  • Chapter 5 : Cuban industrial development and its heritage / Ilka Pell Delgado
  • Chapter 6 : Dreams and nightmares in the Planter's metropolis / Asiel Sepúlveda
  • Chapter 7 : Bullfights, cockfights, and other evils: origins of the "Cuba Threat" in U.S. travel literature / Richard E. Morris
  • Index.