Torn between Empires

This in-depth, comparative study focuses on the economy, society, and political culture of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.

LUIS MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ is a professor of history at the University of Central Florida. His books include Frontiers, Plantations, and Walled Cities: Essays on Society, Culture, and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1800–1945 and Protestantism and Political Conflict in the Nineteenth-Century Hispanic Caribbean.