Torn between Empires: Economy, Society, and Patterns of Political Thought in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1840-1878

by Luis Martinez-Fernandez

Overview

This in-depth, comparative study focuses on the economy, society, and political culture of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Viewing developments as they relate to the countries’ common heritage of insularity, colonialism, and slavery, Luis Martínez-Fernández points out profound, underlying balance-of-power transformations during a time of ostensibly small change in the region’s political status.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820355863
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Publication date:	11/15/2018
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

LUIS MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ is a professor of history at the University of Central Florida. His books include Frontiers, Plantations, and Walled Cities: Essays on Society, Culture, and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1800–1945 and Protestantism and Political Conflict in the Nineteenth-Century Hispanic Caribbean.

LUIS MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ is a professor of history at the University of Central Florida. His books include Frontiers, Plantations, and Walled Cities: Essays on Society, Culture, and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1800–1945 and Protestantism and Political Conflict in the Nineteenth-Century Hispanic Caribbean.

Editorial Reviews

Focuses on the development of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic during the time of deteriorating British influence in the region and the underlying transformations in the balance of power. Demonstrates how the events of these decades were sparked by tensions between Creole elites, free blacks and slaves, and by the colonial bureaucracies of Europe. Covers the regional impact of the US Civil War; dual colonialism in Cuba and Puerto Rico; and the United States' early economic interests in the region. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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