Prostitution, Modernity, and the Making of the Cuban Republic, 1840-1920

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prostitution, modernity, and the making of the cuban republic, 1840–1920 envisioning cuba Louis A. Pérez Jr., editor t i f f a n y a . s i p p i a l prostitution, modernity, and the making of the cuban republic, 1840–1920 the university of north carolina press Chapel Hill © 2013 the university of north carolina press All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Set in Quadraat and Decotura by Integrated Book Technology. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sippial, Tiffany A. Prostitution, modernity, and the making of the Cuban Republic, 1840–1920 / Tiffany A. Sippial. pages cm. — (Envisioning Cuba) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-4696-0893-8 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-1-4696-0894-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Prostitution—Cuba—History. 2. Cuba—Social conditions— 19th century. I. Title. hq161.a5s57 2013 306.7409729109'034—dc23 2013015619 cloth 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 paper 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 for Trey “I think I could, if I only knew how to begin.” For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible. —Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ...