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Offers a new understanding of the history of Cuba from the mid-nineteenth century to the Cuban revolution by showing the national and transnational implications of local developments in two sugar mill communities.
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