Louis A. Pérez Jr. on new book, Colonial Reckoning: Race and Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Cuba book
J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History,Louis A. Pérez Jr., was recently interviewed for "Bookmark This". A feature that highlights new books by College of Arts and Sciences faculty and alumni, published each month. The December featured book is Colonial Reckoning: Race and Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Cuba (Duke University Press) by Louis A. Pérez Jr.
In Colonial Reckoning Louis A. Pérez Jr. examines Cuba’s wars for independence in the second half of the nineteenth century, focusing specifically on those Cubans who remained loyal to Spain. Drawing on newspaper articles, personal letters, military battle reports, government commissions, consular reports, literature, and other materials, Pérez shows how everyday black, white, and creole Cubans defended the Spanish empire as paramilitary guerrillas alongside white elites.
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