Introduction: New Perspectives on the Caribbean Chinese
Andrew R. Wilson
PART I. THE BRITISH WEST INDIES
1. The Chinese Indenture System in the British West Indies and Its Aftermath
Walton Look Lai
2. Kissing the Cross: Nineteenth-Century Representations of Chinese and Indian Immigrants in British Guiana and Trinidad
Anne-Marie Lee-Loy
3. Survival, Adaptation, and Integration: Origins and Evolution of the Chinese Community in Jamaica (1854–1962)
Li Anshan
4. Chinese Economic Development and Ethnic Identity Formation in Jamaica
Gail Bouknight-Davis
PART II. CUBA
5. “One Brings Another”: The Formation of Early-Twentieth-Century Chinese Migrant Communities in Cuba
Kathleen López
6. Si tú pleguntá, a mi gusta hacé cuento. “If you ask, I’ll be happy to tell you”: Felipe Luis narrates his story
Mitzi Espinosa Luis
Translated by Kathleen López
PART III. RE-MIGRATION AND RE-IMAGINING IDENTITY
7. Anatomy of a Craze: The Tangled Roots and Twisting Branches of the History of Cuban Chinese Restaurants in New York City
Andrew Meyer
8. Migration Stories: Serial Migration and the Production of Home and Identity in Transnationalism
Lok Siu
Notes and Bibliographies
About the Editors and Contributors