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"We know very little about the lives of sugar workers and their interactions with the managerial personnel of the mills in which they worked. McGillivray goes deep into documentary archives to address this vital shortcoming of the historiography of Cuba, to look at Cuban society and politics through two sugar communities. Blazing Cane gives an insightful look at how ordinary people coped with the complex and uncertain circumstances that surrounded them in the Cuban republic."--Alejandro de la Fuente, author of "A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Cuba"
Preface and Acknowledgments xiChronology of Major Political Events xiiiIntroduction 11. The Colonial Compact, 1500–1895 132. Revolutionary Destruction of the Colonial Compact, 1895–98 373. U.S. Power and Cuban Middlemen, 1898–1917 634. The Patrons' Compact: "Peace," "Progresss," and General Menocal, 1899–1919 865. Patrons, Matrons, and Resistance, 1899–1959 1186. From Patronage to Populism and Back Again, 1919–26 1457. Revolutionary Rejection of the Patrons' Compact, 1926–33 1888. The Populist Compact, 1934–59 226Conclusion 272Appendix. Selections from the 1946 Chaparra and Delicias Collective Contract 279Notes 287Glossary 345Bibliography 349Index 367