Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-398) and index
Contents:
Barbados and its parishes 31. 1 Caribbean Migration: Scale, Determinants, and Destinations, 1880-1932 9 -- 2 The Peculiarities of the Caribbeans: Characteristics and Forces Conducive to Radicalization 50 -- 3 Coming at Midnight: Race and Caribbean Reactions to America 92 -- 4 The Caribbean and the United States: Patterns of Race, Color, and Class 101 -- 5 Dimensions and Main Currents of Caribbean Radicalism in America: Hubert Harrison, the African Blood Brotherhood, and the UNIA 122 -- 6 Race Consciousness, Class Consciousness, and the Political Strategies of William Monroe Trotter and Marcus Garvey 185 -- 7 The Peculiarities of Afro-Hispanic Radicalism in the United States: The Political Trajectories of Arturo Schomburg and Jesus Colon 195 -- 8 From a Class for Itself to a Race on its Own: The Strange Case of Afro-Cuban Radicalism and Afro-Cubans in Florida, 1870-1940 232 -- Epilogue 258 -- Postscript Harold Cruse and the West Indians: Critical Remarks on The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual 262 -- Statistical Appendix 353 -- Maps -- The Caribbean 10 -- Jamaica and its parishes 18 -- Barbados and its parishes 31.
Summary:
"A major history of the impact of Caribbean migration to the United States. Marcus Garvey, Claude McKay, Claudia Jones, C.L.R. James, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farakhan--the roster of immigrants from the Caribbean who have made a profound impact on the development of radical politics in the United States is extensive. In this magisterial and lavishly illustrated work, Winston James focuses on the twentieth centurys first waves of immigrants from the Caribbean and their contribution to political dissidence in America. Examining the way in which the characteristics of the societies they left shaped their perceptions of the land to which they traveled, Winston James draws sharp differences between Hispanic and English-speaking arrivals. He explores the interconnections between the Cuban independence struggle, Puerto Rican nationalism, Afro-American feminism, and black communism in the first turbulent decades of the twentieth century. He also provides fascinating insights into the impact of Puerto Rican radicalism in New York City and recounts the remarkable story of Afro-Cuban radicalism in Florida." --Amazon.com.
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