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The mulatto republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity
- Title
- The mulatto republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity / April J. Mayes.
- Author
- Mayes, April J.
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 195 pages : Illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book examines how the Dominican Republic came to value being white over being black, especially given how many Dominicans are of African descent. Mayes looks at a seminal period of Dominican history, from the War of Restoration to the early decades of Trujillo's rule.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-186) and index.
- Contents
- Debating Dominicanidad in the nineteenth century -- The changing landscape of power in the sugar-growing East -- The culture of progress in San Pedro de Macorís -- Policing the urban poor -- Debating Dominicans' race during the U.S. occupation -- Gender and Hispanidad in the new era.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-560
- ISBN
- 9780813049199
- 0813049199
- LCCN
- 2013038957
- 40023334772
- OCLC
- 861274011
- Author
- Mayes, April J., author.
- Title
- The mulatto republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity / April J. Mayes.
- Publisher
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-186) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40023334772
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-560