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Freeing Oneself The Meaning and Practice of Coartacion
(2020)
In 1789 the Spanish crown eliminated the old monopolistic practice of the Asiento, which had kept the slave trade to Cuba in the hands of a selected number of individuals and firms since the sixteenth century, allowing for ...
Wage-Earning Slaves COARTACION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY CUBA Conclusion
(Wage-EAarning Slaves, 2020)
Wage-Earning Slaves is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments, long recognized as a distinctive feature of certain areas under Spanish ...
Slaves and Labor Pools The Combination of Slavery and Work for Hire
(University Press of Florida, 2020)
When slaves were seized, complications often arose between those claiming ownership over them. Dire as their situation was, things took a turn for the worse when coartados entered the depósitos, where their special status ...
"Roaming Coartados" Strengthening the Rural Slave Sector
(University Press of Florida, 2020)
Sugar cane plantations began to incorporate coartados in the mid-nineteenth century. This chapter examines the shift of labor from city to country. While many coartados did everything in their power to remain in Havana, ...
Artificial intelligence to predict atheroma plaque vulnerability
(Artificial Intelligence in Precision Health: From Concept to Applications, 2020)
Cardiovascular diseases related to atherosclerosis are the first cause of death in the western world. This relevant fact has motivated the development of numerical models for arterial behavior in order to understand better ...
Differences in lifetime patterns of psychostimulants and their impact on the proportion of patients with first-episode psychosis attributable to psychostimulants use across europe
(Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2020-05-18)
Meeting Abstract de la conferencia "Congress of the Schizophrenia-International-Research-Society (SRIS)", Italia, 2020
Well-Being in Latin America: Drivers and Policies
(Springer, 2020)
This book provides an overview of factors fostering well-being in Latin America and discusses many threats to well-being in the region. The book assesses the current well-being situation in Latin American countries and ...