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DESCRIPTION:This presentation traces how early interisland trade networks e
 xpanded over time. The early seventeenth century was an especially pivotal 
 moment as rival colonial powers began to challenge Spain’s dominance in the
  Caribbean. Colonists in eastern Cuba crafted specific arguments to fit shi
 fting situations on the island and with the metropole itself. \n\nThey char
 acterized foreign Europeans as enemies when defenses needed to be built or 
 soldiers paid\, but they quickly spoke of shortages of goods when they were
  caught trading with those very same foreigners. This presentation shows ho
 w individuals engaged with the empire\, both as loyal subjects and as crimi
 nals engaging in an illicit enterprise. The ways they leveraged their posit
 ion to exact benefits and avoid punishment from the metropole show the mall
 eability of imperial mandates in the face of local realities.
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LOCATION:GL - Green Library\, GL 220
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SUMMARY:Diaz Ayala Lecture: Beyond the Imperial Periphery\, Trade and Smugg
 ling in Early Modern Eastern Cuba
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URL:https://calendar.fiu.edu/event/lecture-beyond-the-imperial-periphery-tr
 ade-and-smuggling-in-early-modern-eastern-cuba
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