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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaremko, Jason M., 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cubans--Migrations--History.

Cubans.

Immigrants--Cuba--History.

Immigrants.

Indigenous peoples--Cuba--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Cuba--Colonization--History.

Cuba.

North America--Emigration and immigration--History.

North America.

Cuba--Emigration and immigration--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5176-2

0-8130-5590-3

OCLC:

947562152