The Mulatto Republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity /
Mayes, April J.,
The Mulatto Republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity / April J. Mayes. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780813048673 9780813061962 9780813050041
Ethnicity--Dominican Republic.
Racially mixed people--Race identity--Dominican Republic.
National characteristics, Dominican.
Racism--Dominican Republic.
Race awareness--Dominican Republic.
Social classes--Dominican Republic.
Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
Electronic Books.
F1941 / .M853 2014
The Mulatto Republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity / April J. Mayes. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780813048673 9780813061962 9780813050041
Ethnicity--Dominican Republic.
Racially mixed people--Race identity--Dominican Republic.
National characteristics, Dominican.
Racism--Dominican Republic.
Race awareness--Dominican Republic.
Social classes--Dominican Republic.
Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
Electronic Books.
F1941 / .M853 2014