Empire and antislavery: Spain, Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1833-1874

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910133951903321
• Autore: Schmidt-Nowara Christopher
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999
• ISBN: 0-585-04393-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages)
• Collana: Pitt Latin American series Empire and antislavery
• Disciplina: 326/.8/09171246
• Soggetti: Antislavery movements - Cuba; Antislavery movements - Puerto Rico; Antislavery movements - Spain; Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences; Communities - Social Classes; Spain Colonies America
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Spain in the Antilles and the Antilles in Spain -- 1. The Limits of Revolution: Slavery and Liberty in Spain and Cuba, 1833-1854 -- 2. "Cuestión de brazos": The Rise of Puerto Rican Antislavery, 1840-1860 -- 3. Free Trade and Protectionism: The Transformation of the Metropolitan Public Sphere, 1854‒1868 -- 4. Family, Association, and Free Wage Labor: Social Reform in Liberal Madrid, 1854‒1868 -- 5. The Colonial Public Sphere: The Making of the Spanish Abolitionist Society, 1861‒1868 -- 6. Revolution and Slavery: 1868‒1870 -- 7. "Today Victory Is Assured": Abolitionism and a New Imperial Order, 1870‒1874 -- Conclusion: The Impact and Legacy of Abolitionism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.