Ada Ferrer teaches Latin American and Caribbean history at New York University.

A Revolution the World Forgot 1

War 13

Slaves Insurgents and Citizens 15

Region Race and Transformation in the Ten Years War 18701878 43

Fear and Its Uses The Little War 1879188o 70

Peace 91

A Fragile Peace Colonialism the State and Rural Society 18781895 93

Writing the Nation Race War and Redemption in the Prose of Independence 18861895 112

War Again 139

Insurgent Identities Race and the Western Invasion 18951896 141

Race Culture and Contention Political Leadership and the Onset of Peace 170

Race Nation and Empire 195

Ferrer's book is a significant contribution to the historiography on race and race relations in Cuba.
American Historical Review

This book is the best overview in English of the role of race in the Cuban independence movement.

Journal of American History

Anyone who wants to understand modern Cuba should read Ferrer•s account of the Cuban insurgency.

Journal of Military History

An admirable book; Ada Ferrer has attentively examined the dynamics between the racial groups involved in Cuba•s struggle towards independence.

Times Literary Supplement

[An] important analysis of race in early Cuban nationalism.

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