Chinese Contract Labor in the Wake of the Abolition of Slavery in the Americas
A New Form of Slavery or Transition to Free Labor in the Case of Cuba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10890846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evelyn Hu-Dehart (0000-0001-9570-1261, History, American Studies, and Ethnic Studies, Brown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6-26 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amerasia Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7471 • E-ISSN: 2642-0228 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00447471.2019.1623628 |
| OpenAlex | W2966432199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Using Cuban archival material (including many documents acquired by private U.S. collectors), this article examines the lives of Chinese contract laborers in Cuba—“coolies”—in the second half of the nineteenth century after they completed the original eight-year contract and subsequent shorter forced re-contracts. The essay moves the argument beyond Chinese coolies simply replicating or prolonging slavery on Cuban plantations to glimpse the beginning of the transition from slave to free labor
Argument (complex analysis · Labor contract · Labor relations · Political science · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Cuban History and Society · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |