The Mulatto Republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity

The Mulatto Republic : class, race, and Dominican national identity / April J. Mayes.

This book examines how the Dominican Republic came to value being white over being black, especially given how many Dominicans are of African descent. Mayes looks at a seminal period of Dominican history, from the War of Restoration to the early decades of Trujillo's rule.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mayes, April J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Subjects:
Ethnicity > Dominican Republic.
Racially mixed people > Race identity > Dominican Republic.
National characteristics, Dominican.
Racism > Dominican Republic.
Race awareness > Dominican Republic.
Social classes > Dominican Republic.
Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
Ethnicity
National characteristics, Dominican
Race awareness
Race relations
Racially mixed people > Race identity
Racism
Social classes
Rassismus
Ethnizität
Dominican Republic > Race relations.
Dominican Republic
Dominikanische Republik
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Description
Summary:This book examines how the Dominican Republic came to value being white over being black, especially given how many Dominicans are of African descent. Mayes looks at a seminal period of Dominican history, from the War of Restoration to the early decades of Trujillo's rule.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813048673
0813048672
9781306407441
1306407443
9780813061962
0813061962
0813050049
9780813050041
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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