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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814362803321

Autore

Yaremko Jason M. <1961->

Titolo

Indigenous passages to Cuba, 1515–1900 / / Jason M. Yaremko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville [Florida] : , : University Press of Florida, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8130-5176-2

0-8130-5590-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Disciplina

305.897/07291

Soggetti

Cubans - Migrations - History

Immigrants - Cuba - History

Indigenous peoples - Cuba - History

Cuba Colonization History

North America Emigration and immigration History

Cuba Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Imperial geopolitics, the Florida-Cuba nexus, and Amerindian passages -- The "evil designs" of "frequent intercourse" : Havana, empire, and indigenous geopolitics -- "Barbarous nations" : Apaches, "Mecos," and other "indios bárbaros" in colonial Cuba -- Mayas and the Mesoamerican presence in Cuba -- Yucatec Mayas, transnational resistance, and the quotidian struggles of indentured labor in Cuba, 1848-64 -- Blood contract : continuity, change, and persistence in colonial indigenous labor forms and elite strategies -- Conclusion: Diaspora and the enduring (and diverse) indigenous presence in Cuba.

Sommario/riassunto

"Jason Yaremko traces the movements and migrations of indigenous peoples from several regions of North America into the Caribbean basin, particularly to Cuba, during the Spanish colonial period. Yaremko argues that the history of the journeys of indigenous individuals, groups, and communities to Cuba--and their multifaceted and dynamic experiences of survival, adaptation, resistance, and negotiation of Cuban colonial society--has played an important but



often unacknowledged role in identity formation in Cuban and Caribbean history"--Provided by publisher.