LEADER 03257nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910806201703321 005 20230126202544.0 010 $a979-88-9313-400-1 010 $a1-4696-0276-8 010 $a0-8078-6917-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050349 035 $a(EBL)784953 035 $a(OCoLC)756484996 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565255 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319156 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565255 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527579 035 $a(PQKB)11529978 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245749 035 $a(OCoLC)769187882 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23483 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784953 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10503296 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930782 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784953 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050349 100 $a20110214d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlack political activism and the Cuban republic /$fMelina Pappademos 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 1 $aEnvisioning Cuba 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1888-5 311 $a0-8078-3490-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: At the Crossroads of Republic; 1 "Political Changu?i?": 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; Index 330 $aWhile it was not until 1871 that slavery in Cuba was finally abolished, African-descended people had high hopes for legal, social, and economic advancement as the republican period started. In Black Political Activism and the Cuban Republic, Melina Pappademos analyzes the racial politics and culture of black civic and political activists during the Cuban Republic.The path to equality, Pappademos reveals, was often stymied by successive political and economic crises, patronage politics, and profound racial tensions. In the face of these issues, black political leaders and members 410 0$aEnvisioning Cuba. 606 $aBlack people$xPolitics and government$zCuba$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBlack people$zCuba$xSocial conditions$y20th century 607 $aCuba$xPolitics and government$y1909-1933 607 $aCuba$xSocial conditions$y20th century 607 $aCuba$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aBlack people$xPolitics and government$xHistory 615 0$aBlack people$xSocial conditions 676 $a323.119607291 676 $a323.119607291 700 $aPappademos$b Melina$01685869 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806201703321 996 $aBlack political activism and the Cuban republic$94058341 997 $aUNINA