UID:
edocfu_9959677309002883
Format:
1 online resource (745 pages)
Edition:
Second edition / Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr, Alfredo Prieto, and Pamela Maria Smorkaloff, editors.
ISBN:
9781478004561 (electronic book)
,
1-4780-0456-8
Series Statement:
The Latin America readers
Content:
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.
Note:
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 "Periodo Especial" and the future of the revolution.
,
Issued also in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4780-0393-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4780-0364-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
DOI:
10.1515/9781478004561
