03257nam 2200685 a 450 991080620170332120230126202544.0979-88-9313-400-11-4696-0276-80-8078-6917-1(CKB)2550000000050349(EBL)784953(OCoLC)756484996(SSID)ssj0000565255(PQKBManifestationID)11319156(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565255(PQKBWorkID)10527579(PQKB)11529978(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245749(OCoLC)769187882(MdBmJHUP)muse23483(Au-PeEL)EBL784953(CaPaEBR)ebr10503296(CaONFJC)MIL930782(MiAaPQ)EBC784953(EXLCZ)99255000000005034920110214d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlack political activism and the Cuban republic /Melina PappademosChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20111 online resource (337 p.)Envisioning CubaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-1888-5 0-8078-3490-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: At the Crossroads of Republic; 1 "Political Changüí": Race, Culture, and Politics in the Early Republic; 2 Black Patronage Networks; 3 Inventing Africa and Creating Community; 4 Africa in the Privileged Black Imaginary; 5 Power and Great Culture; 6 We Come to Discredit These Leaders: Political Change and Challenges to the Black Political Elite; Conclusion: Republican Politics and the Exigencies of Blackness; Notes; Bibliography; IndexWhile it was not until 1871 that slavery in Cuba was finally abolished, African-descended people had high hopes for legal, social, and economic advancement as the republican period started. In Black Political Activism and the Cuban Republic, Melina Pappademos analyzes the racial politics and culture of black civic and political activists during the Cuban Republic.The path to equality, Pappademos reveals, was often stymied by successive political and economic crises, patronage politics, and profound racial tensions. In the face of these issues, black political leaders and membersEnvisioning Cuba.Black peoplePolitics and governmentCubaHistory20th centuryBlack peopleCubaSocial conditions20th centuryCubaPolitics and government1909-1933CubaSocial conditions20th centuryCubaRace relationsPolitical aspectsHistory20th centuryBlack peoplePolitics and governmentHistoryBlack peopleSocial conditions323.119607291323.119607291Pappademos Melina1685869MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806201703321Black political activism and the Cuban republic4058341UNINA