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Ever Faithful : Race, Loyalty, and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba /

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Known for much of the nineteenth century as "the ever-faithful isle," Cuba did not earn its independence from Spain until 1898, long after most American colonies had achieved emancipation from European rule. In this groundbreaking history, David Sartorius explores the relationship between...

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Main Author: Sartorius, David A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spanish colonies.
Race relations.
Colonies > Administration.
Black people > Race identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
Black people > Race identity > Cuba > History > 19th century.
Cuba.
America.
Espagne > Colonies > Amerique > Administration > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Cuba > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Spain > Colonies > America > Administration > History > 19th century.
Cuba > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : A faithful account of colonial racial politics
  • Belonging to an empire : race and rights
  • Suspicious affinities : loyal subjectivity and the paternalist public
  • The will to freedom : Spanish allegiances in the Ten Years' War
  • Publicizing loyalty : race and the post-Zanjón public sphere
  • "Long live Spain! death to autonomy!" Liberalism and slave emancipation
  • The price of integrity : limited loyalties in revolution
  • Conclusion : Subject citizens and the tragedy of loyalty.

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