The Dominican Republic and the Beginning of a Revolutionary Cycle in the Spanish Caribbean

In this book, Álvarez-López details the history of revolution in the Dominican Republic, which was an infant independent nation struggling to preserve its political independence from Haiti and from the expansionist policies of northern European countries and the United States.
In 1861, the Dominican Republic was annexed to Spain. The Spanish empire expansionist policy sought to preserve Cuba and Puerto Rico, and the acquisition of the Dominican Republic strengthened Spain's hold on the Antilles Empire.
Spain's policies strengthened the political objectives of the Dominican ruling class, which were political stability and control of the political power under a Caucasian empire. While both these objectives were achieved, the new colonial experiment was a total failure. The exclusion of the native ruling class, over taxation, economic exploitation, coercive imposition of the Catholic Church customs, prejudice against blacks and mulattos led to war, ending with the defeat of the Spanish Empire. This defeat opened a revolutionary cycle in the Spanish Caribbean.

Luis Álvarez-López is adjunct assistant professor of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College, City University of New York, and adjunct professor in the Department of Latino and Spanish Caribbean Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick/Piscataway. He taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Autonomy University of Santo Domingo, and Technological Institute of Santo Domingo. He teaches history of the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean, as well as the study of race and ethnicity in United States. Professor Alvarez has written several books, including Dominación Colonial y Guerra Popular 1861-1865, and Estado y Sociedad Durante la Era de Trujillo 1930-1961.

Chapter 1 List of Graphs and Tables
Chapter 2 Foreword
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Acknowledgements
Chapter 5 Chapter 1: Seventeen Fundamental Conclusions about the Annexation to Spain and the Restoration War of The Dominican Republic: 1861-1865
Chapter 6 Chapter 2: Kidnapping the Rebels' Goods: State and Society Under the Last Spanish Domination of Quisqueya (1863-1865)
Chapter 7 Chapter 3: Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, and Cuba: Between National Independence and Spanish Colonialism (1844-1859)
Chapter 8 Chapter 4: Ramon Emeterio Betances and the Revolutionary Cycle in the Spanish Caribbean (From the Restoration War to the Cuban Spanish American Philippines War 1864-1898)
Chapter 9 Chapter 5: The Spanish Soldiers in the Last Campaign of Santo Domingo: Diseases, Injuries, Disables, and Deaths 1861-1865
Chapter 10 Research, Sources, and Bibliography
Chapter 11 Index