Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution : The Making of Cuban New York / Lisandro Pérez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez, Lisandro, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban Americans--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Cuban Americans.

Cubans--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Cubans.

Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Immigrants.

New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"New York became the primary destination for Cuban emigres in search of an education, opportunity, wealth, to start a new life or forget an old one, to evade royal authority, plot a revolution, experience freedom, or to buy and sell goods. While many of their stories ended tragically, others were steeped in heroism and sacrifice, and still others in opportunism and mendacity. Lisandro Perez beautifully weaves together all these stories, showing the rise of a vibrant and influential community"--Jacket.

More than one hundred years before the Cuban Revolution of 1959 sparked an exodus that created today's prominent Cuban American presence, Cubans were settling in New York City in what became largest community of Latin Americans in the nineteenth-century Northeast. This book brings this community to vivid life, tracing its formation and how it was shaped by both the sugar trade and the long struggle for independence from Spain. New York City's refineries bought vast quantities of raw sugar from Cuba, ultimately creating an important center of commerce for Cuban emigres as the island tumbled into the tumultuous decades that would close out the century and define Cuban nationhood and identity.

Contents:

Introduction: New York stories

Part I. Sugar: 1823-1868

The port

Exiles, sojourners, and annexationists

An emerging community and a rising activism

Part II. War: 1868-1895

War and exodus

Cuban New York in the 1870s

Waging a war in Cuba ... and in New York

The aftermath of war and a changed community

Jose Martí, New Yorker

Epilogue: "Martí should not have died."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

1-4798-4264-8

OCLC:

1039718419