Van Norman, William C. (William Chisholm), 1957-
Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, c2013.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
• Explores the lives of enslaved Africans on Cuban coffee plantations and shows how they were able to maintain and transform their cultural traditions in spite of the harshness of slavery –Provided by publisher.
• The crop mattered — Café con azúcar : the expansion of the slave population and plantations — Transformations : building frameworks and structures — Space is the place : intentions and subversions of design — Under the cover of night : religious practices — Buyers and sellers : work and economy of the slaves — When everyday actions escalate : resistance, rebellions, and cultural complexity — Performing culture and the appropriation of identifications.

Subjects:

• Slaves — Cuba — Social conditions — 18th century.
• Slaves — Cuba — Social conditions — 19th century.
• Blacks — Cuba — Ethnic identity.
• Slavery — Cuba — History.
• Coffee plantations — Cuba — History.
• Plantation life — Cuba — History.
• Blacks — Ethnic identity. fast (OCoLC)fst00833923
• Coffee plantations. fast (OCoLC)fst01738941
• Plantation life. fast (OCoLC)fst01065779
• Slavery. fast (OCoLC)fst01120426
• Slaves — Social conditions. fast (OCoLC)fst01120577
• Cuba. fast (OCoLC)fst01205805
• 1700 – 1899 fast
• History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

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