Chinese Cubans

A Transnational History

Bibliographic Data

ID19935124
AuthorsKathleen López (0009-0009-2972-3679, corresponding author), Kathleen M Lopez
Year2013
Pages352
Publication date2013-06-10
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueChinese Cubans (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5149/9781469607146_lpez
OpenAlexW593500277
Open LibraryOL27145056M
ISBN9781469607146
LanguageEN
Citations received46

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 history that draws deeply on Chinese- and Spanish-language sources in both China and Cuba, this book 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. The author 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, she draws out implications for issues of race, national identity, and transnational migration, especially along the Pacific rim

Art · Assimilation (phonology) · China · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Genealogy · Geography · Identity (music) · Period (music) · Political science · Cuban History and Society · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · 19th century · Caribbean & West Indies · chinese · Community development · Contract labor · Cuba · emigration and immigration · Ethinic identity · Ethnic identity · Ethnic relations · foreign countries · Latin America · politics and government · Social conditions

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