Title Chinese Cubans : a transnational history / Kathleen López

Published Chapell Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series Envisioning Cuba Envisioning Cuba. Contents Introduction : A transnational history -- From indentured to free. Coolies ; Free laborers ; Families and communities -- Migrants between empires and nations. Freedom fighters ; Yellow peril -- Transnational and national belonging. Transnational connections ; Chinese and Cubanidad ; Revolution and remigration -- Epilogue -- Chinese character glossary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT CUBA gnd Subject Chinese -- Cuba -- History Chinese -- Cuba -- Ethnic identity Contract labor -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century Community development -- Cuba -- History HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba. HISTORY -- Latin America -- General. HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba. HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. Chinese Chinese -- Ethnic identity Community development Contract labor Emigration and immigration Ethnic relations Chinesen SUBJECT Cuba -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Cuba -- Ethnic relations Subject Cuba Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 146960714X 9781469607146 9781469607986 1469607980

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