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Kathleen Lopez, “Chinese Cubans: A Transnational History” (UNC Press, 2013)

New Books in East Asian Studies

English - November 21, 2014 12:55 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
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Successive waves of migration brought thousands of Chinese laborers to Cuba over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The coolie trade, which was meant to replace waning supplies of slaves, was but the first. In the twentieth century, a sugar boom in Cuba facilitated the entry of thousands more. Many of...
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Successive waves of migration brought thousands of Chinese laborers to Cuba over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The coolie trade, which was meant to replace waning supplies of slaves, was but the first. In the twentieth century, a sugar boom in Cuba facilitated the entry of thousands more. Many of...

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