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Portions of the introduction, chapters 3, 5, and 7, and the conclusion were adapted from materials that first appeared in the following articles: “Cuba, 1898: Rethinking Race, Nation, and Empire,” Radical History Review 73 (Winter 1999): 22–46. Used by permission of Cambridge University Press.

“Social Aspects of Cuban Nationalism: Race, Slavery, and the Guerra Chiquita, 1879–1880” Cuban Studies 21 (1991): 37–56. Original material reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press.

“Rustic Men, Civilized Nation: Race, Culture, and Contention on the Eve of Cuban Independence,” Hispanic American Historical Review 78 (November 1998): 663–86; “The Silence of Patriots: Racial Discourse and Cuban Nationalism,” in José Martí’s “Our America”: From National to Hemispheric Cultural Studies, edited by Jeffrey Belnap and Raúl Fernández, 228–49. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1998. Original material reprinted by permission of Duke University Press.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ferrer, Ada.
Insurgent Cuba: race, nation, and revolution, 1868–1898 / Ada Ferrer.
    p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2500-x (alk. paper).—ISBN 0-8078-4783-6 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Cuba—History—Insurrection, 1868–1878. 2. Cuba—History—1878–1895. 3. Cuba—History—Revolution, 1895–1898. 4. Racism—Cuba—History—19th century. 5. Blacks—Cuba—Politics and government—History—19th century. 6. Cuba—Race relations—Political aspects. I. Title.
F1785.F36    1999
972.91′05—dc21    99-13684
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