Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-308) and index
Introduction -- Prologue : experiencing the unevenness of empire -- Making the Haitian Cuban border and creating temporary migrants -- Leaving US-occupied Haiti -- Living and working on Cuban sugar plantations -- Picking coffee and building families in eastern Cuba -- Creating religious communities, serving spirits, and decrying sorcery -- Mobilizing politically and debating race and empire in Cuban cities -- Returning to Haiti and the aftermath of US occupation -- Epilogue : enduring legacies and post-colonial divergences
