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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

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English.

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