{"product_id":"cubas-cosmopolitan-enclaves-imperialism-and-internationalism-in-eastern-sugar-towns-9781683405337","title":"Cuba's Cosmopolitan Enclaves: Imperialism and Internationalism in Eastern Sugar Towns","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow northeastern Cuba became a hub of international\u003cbr\u003esolidarity and transnational movements in the 1920s and 1930s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explores\u003cbr\u003ehow a region in Cuba that was widely known as a site of labor subjugation\u003cbr\u003ebecame a hub of international solidarity in the 1920s and 1930s. In the early twentieth\u003cbr\u003ecentury, United States agricultural companies like the United Fruit Company\u003cbr\u003eestablished sugar export operations in Cuba's Oriente Province, creating a zone\u003cbr\u003eof economic imperialism. These early multinational corporations recruited Afro-Caribbean\u003cbr\u003elaborers from surrounding islands, aiming to create closed, self-sufficient plantation\u003cbr\u003ecomplexes.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, as Frances\u003cbr\u003ePeace Sullivan shows in \u003ci\u003eCuba's Cosmopolitan Enclaves\u003c\/i\u003e, the influx of\u003cbr\u003eforeign capital led to the development of diverse, vibrant communities in these\u003cbr\u003ecompany towns. Drawing on archival sources in Cuba, the US, Russia, and the UK, \u003cbr\u003eSullivan demonstrates how immigrant workers joined local Cubans in movements\u003cbr\u003efor radical transnational solidarity. In the interwar years, northeastern Cuba\u003cbr\u003ebecame a center of Garveyite Pan-Africanism, global communism, and antifascist\u003cbr\u003esupport for Republican Spain. In 1933, the region attracted the world's\u003cbr\u003eattention when workers seized sugar mills in a revolutionary strike.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlacing\u003cbr\u003enortheastern Cuba at the heart of the history of interwar internationalism, Sullivan\u003cbr\u003eshows how Oriente emerged as a focal point for visions of resistance. \u003ci\u003eCuba's\u003cbr\u003eCosmopolitan Enclaves\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how workers seized pathways created by\u003cbr\u003eimperialist companies and used them to advance their own goals. In this focused\u003cbr\u003estudy, Sullivan offers a detailed portrait of how ordinary people became\u003cbr\u003eleaders in transnational radicalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA volume in the\u003cbr\u003eseries Caribbean Crossroads: Race, Identity, and Freedom Struggles, edited by\u003cbr\u003eLillian Guerra, Devyn Spence Benson, April Mayes, and Solsiree del Moral \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSullivan, Frances Peace:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Frances Peace Sullivan is associate professor of history at Berklee College of Music in Boston.","brand":"University of Florida Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359047385362,"sku":"9781683405337","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc1b931f-aa8c-4800-9bd1-ffe0ed0d954d.jpg?v=1749577376","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cubas-cosmopolitan-enclaves-imperialism-and-internationalism-in-eastern-sugar-towns-9781683405337","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}