This book is about British Caribbean immigrants in Cuba between 1900 and 1960. It is also about how British Caribbean immigrants became, or did not become, Cuban. It discusses how and why British Caribbean workers went to Cuba, the working conditions they labored under, and how they adapted—or failed to adapt—to life in Cuba. Particular attention is placed on how British Caribbean immigrants in Cuba used their status as British subjects to claim rights and representation from “their” empire. The book also shows how the Cuban government responded to the presence of so many British Caribbean wor ... More

This book is about British Caribbean immigrants in Cuba between 1900 and 1960. It is also about how British Caribbean immigrants became, or did not become, Cuban. It discusses how and why British Caribbean workers went to Cuba, the working conditions they labored under, and how they adapted—or failed to adapt—to life in Cuba. Particular attention is placed on how British Caribbean immigrants in Cuba used their status as British subjects to claim rights and representation from “their” empire. The book also shows how the Cuban government responded to the presence of so many British Caribbean workers in the country by “nationalizing” the Cuban working class. The final chapter discusses how British Caribbean immigrants and their descendants adapted to life in Cuba and became Cuban. The book should be of interest to historians of Cuba and the British Caribbean and to scholars who work on diaspora studies and the politics of nationalism, race, and empire.