Chinese Cubans a transnational history / Kathleen López.

Author/creator López, Kathleen
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapell Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Descriptionix, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist)
Subjects
Chinese--Cuba. --History.
Chinese--Cuba. --Ethinic identity.
Contract labor--Cuba. --History. --19th century.
Community development--Cuba. --History.
Cuba--Emigration and immigration. --History. --19th century.
Cuba--Ethnic relations.

SeriesEnvisioning Cuba
Abstract "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 comprehensive, vibrant history that draws deeply on Chinese- and Spanish-language sources in both China and Cuba, Kathleen Lopez 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. Chinese Cubans 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, Lopez draws out implications for issues of race, national identity, and transnational migration, especially along the Pacific rim"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract "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 comprehensive, vibrant history that draws deeply on Chinese- and Spanish-language sources in both China and Cuba, Kathleen Lopez 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012049086
ISBN9781469607122 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9781469607139 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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