Black political activism and the Cuban republic /

While it was not until 1871 that slavery in Cuba was finally abolished, African-descended people had high hopes for legal, social, and economic advancement as the republican period started. This book analyses the racial politics and culture of black civic and political activists during the Cuban Rep...

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Egile nagusia: Pappademos, Melina
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Saila:Envisioning Cuba.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=365266
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  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: At the Crossroads of Republic; 1 "Political Changüí": Race, Culture, and Politics in the Early Republic; 2 Black Patronage Networks; 3 Inventing Africa and Creating Community; 4 Africa in the Privileged Black Imaginary; 5 Power and Great Culture; 6 We Come to Discredit These Leaders: Political Change and Challenges to the Black Political Elite; Conclusion: Republican Politics and the Exigencies of Blackness; Notes; Bibliography; Index.