International Migration in Cuba: Accumulation, Imperial Designs, and Transnational Social Fields

by Ana Margarita Cervantes-Rodriguez

Since the arrival of the Spanish conquerors at the beginning of the colonial period, Cuba has been hugely influenced by international migration. Between 1791 and 1810, for instance, many French people migrated to Cuba in the wake of the purchase of Louisiana by the United States and turmoil in Saint-Domingue. Between 1847 and 1874, Cuba was the main recipient of Chinese indentured laborers in Latin America. During the nineteenth century as a whole,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271035390
• ISBN13: 9780271035390
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"