Triscornia Migratory Camp

Empire, Public Health, and Exclusion in Cuba's Ellis Island
Herausgeber: Alvarez, Ahmed Correa; Ermer, John

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Produktbeschreibung

Built in 1900 near Havana's harbor, Triscornia stood as one of the first migratory centers in the Americas and a symbol of the first U.S. military occupation. This book focuses on this overlooked institution and emphasizes its relevance to understanding the Cuban Republican period and its relationship with the U.S.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 158mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781666930504
• ISBN-10: 1666930504
• Artikelnr.: 72700399

Autorenporträt

Ahmed Correa Alvarez lectures in the Anthropology Department at Sacramento State University. John Ermer is faculty in the Humanities Department at Ransom Everglades School and adjunct professor of history at Florida International University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Ahmed Correa Alvarez and John Ermer
Part One: People on the move: Imperial Design and National Control
Chapter One: The Immigration Station at Triscornia: the Havana
Camp/Lazaretto, Consuelo Naranjo Orovio
Chapter Two: Triscornia, Epidemic Anxieties and the Reconfiguration of
Border, Ahmed Correa Alvarez
Chapter Three: "Diseased Alien:" Triscornia, Modernity, and the Limits of
Belonging Among Syrians in the Early Cuban Republic, John Ermer
Chapter Four: Diplomats, Officials, and Migrants: Negotiating Chinese
Exclusion in the Early Cuban Republic, Kent Weber
Part Two: Geographies of Memory
Chapter Five: Searching for Triscornia: My Grandmother's Journey, Ruth
Behar
Chapter Six: Migration, Gender and Sexuality Control. A Conversation on
Triscornia, Julio César González Pagés
Conclusion: Triscornia: Between US Empire and the Cuban Nation, Elliott
Young
About the Contributors