| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 727 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Latin America readers |
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Latin America readers.
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| Contents |
Indigenous society and conquest -- Sugar, slavery, and colonialism -- The struggle for independence -- Neocolonialism -- Building a new society -- Culture and revolution -- The Cuban revolution and the world -- The Período Especial and the future of the revolution -- Cuba after Fidel : continuities and transitions |
| Summary |
"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."--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| SUBJECT |
CUBA gnd |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
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HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba
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Kultur
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Politik
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| SUBJECT |
Cuba -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034561
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| Subject |
Cuba
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chomsky, Aviva, 1957- editor.
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Carr, Barry, editor.
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Prieto, Alfredo, 1954- editor.
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Smorkaloff, Pamela María, 1956- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019005713 |
| ISBN |
9781478004561 |
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1478004568 |
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