Marriage, Class and Colour in Nineteenth Century Cuba A Study of Racial Attitudes and Sexual Values in a Slave Society |
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| Author:
| Martinez-Alier, Verena |
| Series title: | Cambridge Latin American Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-56314-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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An analysis of marriage patterns in nineteenth-century Cuba, a society with a large black population the majority of which was held in slavery but which also included considerable numbers of freedmen. Dr Martinez-Alier uses as her main source of evidence the records in Havana of administrative and judicial proceedings of cases in which parents opposed a marriage, of cases involving elopement, and of cases of interracial marriage.
An analysis of marriage patterns in nineteenth-century Cuba, a society with a large black population the majority of which was held in slavery but which also included considerable numbers of freedmen. Dr Martinez-Alier uses as her main source of evidence the records in Havana of administrative and judicial proceedings of cases in which parents opposed a marriage, of cases involving elopement, and of cases of interracial marriage.