The Cuba reader : history, culture, 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 stori...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chomsky, Aviva, 1957- (Editor), Carr, Barry (Editor), Prieto, Alfredo, 1954- (Editor), Smorkaloff, Pamela María, 1956- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, [2019]
Edition:Second edition, revised and updated.
Series:Latin America readers.
Subjects:
Table of 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
  • Cuba after Fidel : continuities and transitions.