TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mayes,April J.
TI  - The Mulatto Republic: class, race, and Dominican national identity 
SN  - 9780813048673
AV  - F1941 .M853 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Gainesville
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Dominican Republic
KW  - Racially mixed people
KW  - Race identity
KW  - National characteristics, Dominican
KW  - Racism
KW  - Race awareness
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
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