Empire's Guestworkers
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Empire's Guestworkers

Haitian Migrants in Cuba during the Age of US Occupation

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Empire's Guestworkers

Haitian Migrants in Cuba during the Age of US Occupation

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Haitian seasonal migration to Cuba is central to narratives about race, national development, and US imperialism in the early twentieth-century Caribbean. Filling a major gap in the literature, this innovative study reconstructs Haitian guestworkers' lived experiences as they moved among the rural and urban areas of Haiti, and the sugar plantations, coffee farms, and cities of eastern Cuba. It offers an unprecedented glimpse into the daily workings of empire, labor, and political economy in Haiti and Cuba. Migrants' efforts to improve their living and working conditions and practice their religions shaped migration policies, economic realities, ideas of race, and Caribbean spirituality in Haiti and Cuba as each experienced US imperialism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. Prologue: Experiencing the Unevenness of Empire
  11. 1 Making the Haitian Cuban Border and Creating Temporary Migrants
  12. 2 Leaving US-Occupied Haiti
  13. 3 Living and Working on Cuban Sugar Plantations
  14. 4 Picking Coffee and Building Families in Eastern Cuba
  15. 5 Creating Religious Communities, Serving Spirits, and Decrying Sorcery
  16. 6 Mobilizing Politically and Debating Race and Empire in Cuban Cities
  17. 7 Returning to Haiti and the Aftermath of US Occupation
  18. Epilogue: Enduring Legacies and Post-Colonial Divergences
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index