{"product_id":"9781666930504","title":"Triscornia Migratory Camp Empire, Public Health, and Exclusion in Cuba’s Ellis Island","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTriscornia Migratory Camp\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEmpire, Public Health, and Exclusion in Cuba’s Ellis Island\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAhmed  Correa Alvarez | John Ermer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTriscornia Migratory Camp: Empire, Public Health, and Exclusion in Cuba’s Ellis Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a pioneering work that explores Triscornia, Havana’s immigration processing center. Despite being overlooked, Triscornia predates most immigration detention centers in the U.S., except for Ellis Island. Both Ellis Island’s current building and Triscornia opened in the same year – 1900. Built during the U.S. first military occupation of Cuba, it represented the cutting-edge of modern nation-building and public health infrastructure. This volume offers an interdisciplinary perspective on Triscornia’s importance by uniting scholars from literature, history, critical theory, and anthropology. This book illuminates the significance of migratory policy in the early Cuban Republic and its neocolonial relationship with the United States. By focusing on Triscornia, the contributors engage broader scholarly discussions on migration and border control, imperialism and nation-building, memory, public health, race, gender, class, and national identity.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhmed Correa Alvarez\u003c\/b\u003e lectures in the Anthropology Department at Sacramento State University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Ermer\u003c\/b\u003e is faculty in the Humanities Department at Ransom Everglades School and adjunct professor of history at Florida International University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 December 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLexington Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666930504\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55334079922316,"sku":"9781666930504","price":94.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d2a3dbfa-7e7b-4eb0-a681-08e734adad76.jpg?v=1788028135","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781666930504","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}