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Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Author: Jane Franklin
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1583676074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455

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The 1959 Cuban Revolution remains one of the signal events of modern political history. A tiny island, once a de facto colony of the United States, declared its independence, not just from the imperial behemoth ninety miles to the north, but also from global capitalism itself. Cuba’s many achievements – in education, health care, medical technology, direct local democracy, actions of international solidarity with the oppressed – are globally unmatched and unprecedented. And the United States, in light of Cuba’s achievements, has waged a relentless campaign of terrorist attacks on the island and its leaders, while placing Cuba on its “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list. In this updated edition of her classic, Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History, Jane Franklin depicts the two countries’ relationship from the time both were colonies to the present. We see the early connections between Cuba and the United States through slavery; through the sugar trade; then Cuba’s multiple wars for national liberation; the annexation of Cuba by the United States; the infamous Platt Amendment that entitled the United States to intervene directly in Cuban affairs; the gangster capitalism promoted by Cuban dictator Fulgencio Battista; and the guerilla war that brought the revolutionaries to power. A new chapter updating the fraught Cuban-U.S. nexus brings us well into the 21st century, with a look at the current status of Assata Shakur, the Cuban Five, and the post-9/11 years leading to the expansion of diplomatic relations. Offering a range of primary and secondary sources, the book is an outstanding scholarly work. Cuba and the United States brings new meaning to Simón Bolívar’s warning in 1829, that the United States “appears destined by Providence to plague America with miseries in the name of Freedom.”

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Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: Wilber A. Chaffee
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847676941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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'...does much to explain the present legitimacy of the revolution. . . . presents illuminative vignettes of Cuban life and thoughtful commentaries on selected aspects of political, economic, social and cultural change....will appeal to those approaching Cuba for the first time...' -s INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Author: Isabella Bellezza-Smull
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Ted A. Henken
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610690125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 615

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Written by some of the best-known independent scholars, citizen journalists, cyber-activists, and bloggers living in Cuba today, this book presents a critical, complete, and unbiased overview of contemporary Cuba. In this era of ever-increasing globalization and communication across national borders, Cuba remains an isolated island oddly out of step with the rest of the world. And yet, Cuba is beginning to evolve via the important if still insufficient changes instituted by Raul Castro, who became president in 2008. This book supplies a uniquely independent, accurate, and critical perspective in order to evaluate these changes in the context of the island's rich and complex history and culture. Organized into seven topical chapters that address geography, history, politics and government, economics, society, culture, and contemporary issues, readers will gain a broad, insightful understanding of one of the most unusual, fascinating, and often misunderstood nations in the Western Hemisphere.

Author: Marvin Leiner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000311325
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 181

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In this book, Marvin Leiner analyzes the practice of quarantine in the context of the Cuban Revolution. He also focuses on efforts by Cuban educators to introduce sex education in the schools and to change sexist and homophobic attitudes, discussing their successes and failures with candor and examining the explicit and implicit linkages between machismo and homophobia.

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Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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