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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jesse Hoffnung-GarskofPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691183534ISBN 10: 0691183538 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 07 May 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsIn this beautifully written book, New York City assumes its rightful place as one of America's great crossroads. Hoffnung-Garskof brings to life a fascinating cast of characters and charts their remarkable voyages between exile and home; Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Manhattan; and Latin American and U.S. notions of race. --Karl Jacoby, author of The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire A captivating epic of New York City in the Gilded Age, Racial Migrations reveals a hidden, radical facet of the city's history. Men and women of color from Cuba and Puerto Rico built a vibrant transnational community and theorized a complex political movement from their experiences of varied racial regimes. Harnessing a trove of original data and applying his skilled historical imagination, Hoffnung-Garskof tells a tale of remarkable individuals who turned a northern urban center into a seedbed of Caribbean revolution. --Tiya Miles, author of The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits Hoffnung-Garskof's study of black immigrants from the Spanish Caribbean in late nineteenth-century New York captures brilliantly the experience of 'migrating while black and Latino.' Superbly written, researched, and argued, this sophisticated and nuanced book will be immensely important, a model work of transnational history of migration and race. --Ada Ferrer, New York University Following carefully a 'printed trail of clues' produced by a remarkable group of radicals of African descent, from Cuba and Puerto Rico to the United States, Hoffnung-Garskof offers a rich reconstruction of a vibrant and little-known world of black activism and intellectual production. Giving readers access to important history through interconnected stories, Racial Migrations is beautifully written. --Alejandro de la Fuente, Harvard University Hoffnung-Garskof's study of black immigrants from the Spanish Caribbean in late nineteenth-century New York captures brilliantly the experience of `migrating while black and Latino.' Superbly written, researched, and argued, this sophisticated and nuanced book will be immensely important, a model work of transnational history of migration and race. -Ada Ferrer, New York University Following carefully a `printed trail of clues' produced by a remarkable group of radicals of African descent, from Cuba and Puerto Rico to the United States, Hoffnung-Garskof offers a rich reconstruction of a vibrant and little-known world of black activism and intellectual production. Giving readers access to important history through interconnected stories, Racial Migrations is beautifully written. -Alejandro de la Fuente, Harvard University Hoffnung-Garskof's study of black immigrants from the Spanish Caribbean in late nineteenth-century New York captures brilliantly the experience of 'migrating while black and Latino.' Superbly written, researched, and argued, this sophisticated and nuanced book will be immensely important, a model work of transnational history of migration and race. --Ada Ferrer, New York University Following carefully a 'printed trail of clues' produced by a remarkable group of radicals of African descent, from Cuba and Puerto Rico to the United States, Hoffnung-Garskof offers a rich reconstruction of a vibrant and little-known world of black activism and intellectual production. Giving readers access to important history through interconnected stories, Racial Migrations is beautifully written. --Alejandro de la Fuente, Harvard University Author InformationJesse Hoffnung-Garskof is professor of history, American culture, and Latina/o studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950 (Princeton). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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