Race and labor in the Hispanic Caribbean
Subtitle: the West Indian immigrant worker experience in Puerto Rico, 1800-1850
By: Jorge Luis Chinea.
Series: New directions in Puerto Rican studies; New directions in Puerto Rican studies
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780813028217
Subjects: West Indians -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 19th century.; Blacks -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 19th century.; Immigrants -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 19th century.; Alien labor -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 19th century.; Puerto Rico -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century.; Puerto Rico -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.; Puerto Rico -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.; Puerto Rico -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-216) and index.
Table of contents: value: 1. Beyond Siglos en blancos : foreign immigration and colonial control during the preplantation era, ca. 1700-1800; value: 2. West Indian immigrants in Puerto Rico : socioeconomic profiles; value: 3. The economic impact of West Indian immigrants in Puerto Rico, 1800-1850; value: 4. Racial politics and the decline of West Indian immigration in Puerto Rico; value: Conclusion; value: Appendix : Population of Puerto Rico, 1828.