Author: Aviva Chomsky
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478004568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Tracking Cuban history from 1492 to the present, The Cuba Reader includes more than one hundred selections that present myriad perspectives on Cuba's history, culture, and politics. The volume foregrounds the experience of Cubans from all walks of life, including slaves, prostitutes, doctors, activists, and historians. Combining songs, poetry, fiction, journalism, political speeches, and many other types of documents, this revised and updated second edition of The Cuba Reader contains over twenty new selections that explore the changes and continuities in Cuba since Fidel Castro stepped down from power in 2006. For students, travelers, and all those who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of Florida, The Cuba Reader is an invaluable introduction.
Author: Aviva Chomsky
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822384914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 737
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Cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white terms—either as the site of one of Latin America’s most successful revolutions or as the bastion of the world’s last communist regime. The Cuba Reader multiplies perspectives on the nation many times over, presenting more than one hundred selections about Cuba’s history, culture, and politics. Beginning with the first written account of the island, penned by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the selections assembled here track Cuban history from the colonial period through the ascendancy of Fidel Castro to the present. The Cuba Reader combines songs, paintings, photographs, poems, short stories, speeches, cartoons, government reports and proclamations, and pieces by historians, journalists, and others. Most of these are by Cubans, and many appear for the first time in English. The writings and speeches of José Martí, Fernando Ortiz, Fidel Castro, Alejo Carpentier, Che Guevera, and Reinaldo Arenas appear alongside the testimonies of slaves, prostitutes, doctors, travelers, and activists. Some selections examine health, education, Catholicism, and santería; others celebrate Cuba’s vibrant dance, music, film, and literary cultures. The pieces are grouped into chronological sections. Each section and individual selection is preceded by a brief introduction by the editors. The volume presents a number of pieces about twentieth-century Cuba, including the events leading up to and following Castro’s January 1959 announcement of revolution. It provides a look at Cuba in relation to the rest of the world: the effect of its revolution on Latin America and the Caribbean, its alliance with the Soviet Union from the 1960s until the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989, and its tumultuous relationship with the United States. The Cuba Reader also describes life in the periodo especial following the cutoff of Soviet aid and the tightening of the U.S. embargo. For students, travelers, and all those who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of Florida, The Cuba Reader is an invaluable introduction.
Author: Philip Brenner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0742555062
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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A collection of essays that explore a wide range of topics related to Cuban politics, economics, foreign policy, social transformation, and culture in the post-Soviet era.
Author: Aviva Chomsky
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 723
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Author: Clifford L. Staten
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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A thorough examination of the history of Cuba, focusing primarily on the period from the revolution in 1959 to the present day. This historical overview connects significant events from Cuba's past with the country's current social and political changes. Author Clifford L. Staten reviews the changing landscape of Cuba and explores subjects such as the relationship between the domestic and international political economy of Cuba; the successes and failures of Castro's revolution; the importance of the U.S. role in Cuban politics and commerce; and the problems associated with an agricultural fiscal structure based upon sugar. The revised edition includes additional biographies of key figures from recent history and an expanded bibliography of notable resources. Updated content features a look at censorship issues with the rise of the Internet and social media in Cuba and the transfer of power to Raul Castro in 2006. Other topics include Spanish colonialism, the struggle for independence, Castro's revolution, the Cold War, and the impact of globalization.
Author: Richard Gott
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300111149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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A thorough examination of the history of the controversial island country looks at little-known aspects of its past, from its pre-Columbian origins to the fate of its native peoples, complete with up-to-date information on Cuba's place in a post-Soviet world.
Author: Marifeli Pérez-Stable
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195127492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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"Now in its second edition, The Cuban Revolution has been updated to include an entirely new chapter on the changes affecting Cuba's policies and economy since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and the failure of communism in general."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Julio García Luis
Publisher: Ocean Press (AU)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Part of a series of books to be published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Cuban revolution, this anthology is based upon primary source material and documents the key moments of the revolution and its impact outwith Cuba.
Author: Fidel Castro
Publisher: Ocean Press
ISBN: 1920888888
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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By his mastery of the spoken word, Fidel Castro reveals the unfolding process of the Cuban revolution, its extraordinary challenges, crises, chaos and achievements. Part of a two-volume anthology, this first volume is based on Castro's speeches.
Author: Louis A. Pérez
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195094817
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
This overview of Cuban history and politics has been updated and revised to include a new afterword on the current political situation and an expanded guide to selected reference literature.
