Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves: Imperialism and Internationalism in Eastern Sugar Towns
Work Type
Book
Publication Date
5-27-2025
Department
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Keywords
Latin American, Caribbean; Cuba
Abstract
This book explores how a region in Cuba that was widely known as a site of labor subjugation became a hub of international solidarity in the 1920s and 1930s. In the early twentieth century, United States agricultural companies like the United Fruit Company established sugar export operations in Cuba’s Oriente Province, creating a zone of economic imperialism. These early multinational corporations recruited Afro-Caribbean laborers from surrounding islands, aiming to create closed, self-sufficient plantation complexes.
Recommended Citation
Sullivan, Frances Peace, "Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves: Imperialism and Internationalism in Eastern Sugar Towns" (2025). Faculty Works.
https://remix.berklee.edu/faculty-works/88