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Record Nr.

UNINA9910133952203321

Autore

Casanovas Joan

Titolo

Bread or bullets! : urban labor and Spanish colonialism in Cuba, 1850-1898 / / Joan Casanovas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

0-8229-7194-1

0-585-04390-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Pitt Latin American Series

Disciplina

331.8/097291

Soggetti

Labor movement - Cuba - History - 19th century

Slavery - Cuba - History - 19th century

Social classes - Cuba - History - 19th century

Working class - Cuba - History - 19th century

Anarchism - Cuba - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Spain Colonies America Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Maps, figures, and tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Urban space and labor -- The heyday of colonialism and the first artisans' associations -- The labor movement of the 1860s and Spain's search for a new colonial policy -- The ten years' war -- The rebuilding of the Cuban labor movement -- From reformism to anarchism -- Postemancipation party politics -- The turning point of the labor movement -- Conclusion and epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.