Empire's Guestworkers : Haitian Migrants in Cuba during the Age of US Occupation /

Haitian seasonal migration to Cuba is central to narratives about race, national development, and US imperialism in the early twentieth-century Caribbean. Filling a major gap in the literature, this innovative study reconstructs Haitian guestworkers' lived experiences as they moved among the ru...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Casey, Matthew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Colección:Afro-Latin America.
Temas:
Foreign workers > Cuba.
Migrant labor > Haiti.
Imperialism.
Travailleurs migrants > Haïti.
Impérialisme.
Travailleurs étrangers > Cuba.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Foreign workers
Imperialism
Migrant labor
Cuba
Haiti
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue: Experiencing the Unevenness of Empire; 1 Making the Haitian Cuban Border and Creating Temporary Migrants; 2 Leaving US-Occupied Haiti; 3 Living and Working on Cuban Sugar Plantations; 4 Picking Coffee and Building Families in Eastern Cuba; 5 Creating Religious Communities, Serving Spirits, and Decrying Sorcery; 6 Mobilizing Politically and Debating Race and Empire in Cuban Cities; 7 Returning to Haiti and the Aftermath of US Occupation
  • Epilogue: Enduring Legacies and Post-Colonial DivergencesBibliography; Index

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