Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-348) and index.

Revisiting Cuba's first republic / Steven Palmer, Josâe Antonio Piqu eras, and Amparo Sâanchez -- A sunken ship, a bronze eagle, and the pol itics of memory: the "social life" of the USS Maine in Cuba (1898-1961) / Marial Iglesias Utset -- Shifting sands of Cuban science, 1875-1933 / Steven Palmer -- Race, labor, and citizenship in Cuba: a view from th e sugar district of Cienfuegos, 1886-1909 / Rebecca J. Scott -- Slaught erhouses and milk consumption in the "sick republic": socio-environment al change and sanitary technology in Havana, 1890-1925 / Reinaldo Funes Monzote -- Attributes for the capital of an austere republic / Josâe A ntonio Piqueras Arenas -- Transcending borders: Ætierra! and the expans ion of anarchism in Cuba after independence / Amparo Sâanchez -- Steeds , cocks, and guayaberas: the social impact of agrarian reorganization i n the republic / Imilcy Balboa Navarro -- District 25: rotary clubs and regional civic power in Cuba, 1916-1940 / Maikel Fariänas Borrego -- E l naciente pâublico oyente: towards a genealogy of the audience in earl y republican Cuba / Alejandra Bronfman -- New knowledge for new times: the sociedad del folklore Cubano during the "critical decade" (1923-193 0) / Ricardo Quiza Moreno -- Nation, state, and the making of the Cuban working class, 1920-1940 / Robert Whitney.