Author:
Schneider, Elena Andrea, 1977- author.
ImprintWilliamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Description335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Note:The view from Havana -- Imagining the conquest: a deep history of British plots against Havana -- Havana at the crossroads: war, trade, and slavery, circa 1700-1762 -- A city under siege: the battle for Havana -- "la dominación inglesa": eleven months of British rule -- Spanish reoccupation: new beginnings after Havana's return -- Consequences: memories of the siege on an island transformed -- A history that haunts.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"... a nuanced and poignantly human account of the British capture and Spanish recovery of this coveted Caribbean city. The book explores both the interconnected histories of the British and Spanish empires and the crucial role played by free people of color and the enslaved in the creation and defense of Havana. Tragically, these men and women would watch their promise of freedom and greater rights vanish in the face of massive slave importation and increased sugar production upon Cuba's return to Spanish rule. By linking imperial negotiations with events in Cuba and their consequences, Elena Schneider sheds new light on the relationship between slavery and empire at the dawn of the Age of Revolutions"-- Provided by publisher.
