Chinese Cubans a transnational history

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 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"--

Record details

ISBN: 146960714X
ISBN: 9781469607146
ISBN: 9781469607986
ISBN: 1469607980
ISBN: 9781469607122
ISBN: 1469607123
ISBN: 9781469607139
ISBN: 1469607131
Physical Description: electronic resource
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Publisher: Chapell Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013.

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General Note:	Multi-user. CatMonthString:october.15
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.