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Chinese Cubans : a transnational history /
In the mid-nineteenth century, Cuba's infamous "coolie" trade brought well over 100,000 Chinese indentured laborers to its shores. Though subjected to abominable conditions, they were followed during subsequent decades by smaller numbers of merchants, craftsmen, and free migrants sear...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapell Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Envisioning Cuba.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In the mid-nineteenth century, Cuba's infamous "coolie" trade brought well over 100,000 Chinese indentured laborers to its shores. Though subjected to abominable conditions, they were followed during subsequent decades by smaller numbers of merchants, craftsmen, and free migrants searching for better lives far from home. In a history that draws deeply on Chinese- and Spanish-language sources in both China and Cuba, the author explores the transition of the Chinese from indentured to free migrants, the formation of transnational communities, and the eventual incorporation of the Chinese into the Cuban citizenry during the first half of the twentieth century. This book shows how Chinese migration, intermarriage, and assimilation are central to Cuban history and national identity during a key period of transition from slave to wage labor and from colony to nation. On a broader level, the author draws out implications for issues of race, national identity, and transnational migration, especially along the Pacific rim.--description provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 146960714X 9781469607146 9781469607986 1469607980 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |