Dick cluster, translator of many books by cuban writers, reveals twenty. 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. Antiracism in cuba university of north carolina press. Contests over freedom determined whether and how it was. Morrison analyzes the conditions that supported the social advance and decline of notions of white racial superiority, nationalist projections of. The third edition of business venture includes increased flexibility in the unit structure, more clarity in the unit layout, and 20 pages of additional practice for. Frederik is an ethnography exploring how the meaning of cubania. Ever since fidel castro assumed power in cuba in 1959, americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the florida keys. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, project muse is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. I find the book thoughtprovoking and highly recommendable because of the sensitive, critical and sometimes even surprisingly innovative handling of.
The oxford essential dictionary is ideal for children with basic english. More powerfully than an academic study or historical account. Noam chomsky filled with compelling examples, this book examines what propaganda is and what threat bad propaganda poses for democracy. Find out how we make the highestquality academic and professional content available around the globe. Information about and books published in the envisioning cuba series, from the. From cuban travel guides and travel accounts, to novels set in cuba and scholarly analyses, the book market is filled with various writings about this caribbean island. Fictions of feminist ethnography is an ambitious, experimental, comprehensive and learned book directed at a professional anthropological audience. Cuba relations in the 20th century by horowitz, irving louis the national interest, spring 2002. Richard gott, a british journalist and historian with many years experience in latin america, first visited cuba in 1963 and has reported from the island many times since. We have published many books on cuba and hope a few of them. Revolucion cubana was an armed revolt conducted by fidel. The united states and the triumph of the cuban revolution.
The hidden history of negotiations between washington and havana chapel hill, nc. Using a monolingual english dictionary is a great way to learn and understand english words. Beginning with an overview of the castro regimes program to transform cuban culture as guided by the tenets of marxistleninist ideology, julie bunck first outlines in a broad way the four phases through which the regimes strategy evolved, from 1959 to the present, with a variety of methods triednoncoercive, indirectly coercive, and directly coercive. Life in the new cuba julia cooke seal press decades later, any optimism in the aftermath of the. Florida international university historian miguel a. Cubas academic advantage challenges many prevailing views about the effectiveness of educational markets, school and teacher autonomy, decentralized decisionmaking, and government responsibility for childrens social and economic welfare. Project muse promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. List of books and articles about cuban history online. Oxford university press oup academic publishing homepage. Cuba and haiti in the age of revolution ferrer, ada on. In 1899, the mckinley administration settled on occupation as its response to the appearance of a revolutionary government in cuba following the end of spanish control the platt amendment was an addition to the earlier teller. However, it didnt mean that some in cuba didnt look at the haitian.
Fictions of feminist ethnography university of minnesota. Jason stanleys how propaganda works is a novel and significant contribution that should revitalize political philosophy. Providing a careful study of all the facets of the virgins role in cuban life, schmidt documents the multidimensional and. Cuba is a setting in which the questions surrounding its future become the questions all cultures face as social systemspolitical, economic, and otherwisehelp shape human experience. Cuban underground hip hop the university of texas press. It has resulted in european union sanctions from 2003 to 2008 as well as statements of protest from groups, governments, and noted individuals cuba has ranked low on the press freedom index from reporters without borders from 2002 when the index was established 4th out of 9 to the present 169th out of 180 in 2015. In brazil pervasive miscegenation and the lack of formal legal barriers to racial equality gave the appearance of its being a racial democracy.
During the first half of the 1990s, perhaps the worst part of the. Although both brazil and the united states inherited european norms that accorded whites privileged status relative to all other racial groups, the development of their societies followed different trajectories in defining whiteblack relations. Staple definition in the cambridge english dictionary. By clicking continue or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Her teaching focuses on latin american and cuban development. Under pressure from cuban exile leaders who are worried that a research institute known for taking a hardline stance toward the castro regime might change focus, the university of miami announced that it will not enter into any institutional agreements with cubas government or its universities the announcement prompted concerns among some miami faculty members that vocal. Wifredo lam and the international avantgarde, 19231982 lowery stokes sims.
Gross demonstrate that the law of freedom not slavery established the meaning of blackness in law. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, project muse is a trusted part of the academic. Drawing on interviews with teachers, principals, and policymakers, as well as hours of videotaped. He is the author of the classic work on postcastro revolutionary movements, guerrilla movements in latin america, and most recently of in the shadow of the liberator. The 10 books listed here barely scratch the surface, but will give you a solid foundation for your visit to this beautiful island nation. Helen yaffe is a lecturer in economic and social history at the university of glasgow. The kennedy tapes inside the white house during the cuban missile crisis 1997 edited by ernest r. Race and multiraciality in brazil and the united states. It is our mission to further the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Her doctoral thesis was adapted for publication as che guevara.
Oxford university press is the largest university press in the world, publishing in 70 languages and 190 countries. Author graham greene had visited cuba several times in the years of the batista dictatorship, and when an early version of the novel set in estonia proved not to be very popular, he decided to change the setting to havana. A 2009 study at the university of sussex found that reading can reduce stress by up to 68%, and we think. Although cuba is simply the background for this story, our man in havana is an interesting look into the countrys life in the 1950s through the eyes of a foreigner. The cuba reader also describes life in the periodo especial following the cutoff of soviet aid and the tightening of the u. Perez is the author of a wide variety of books on cuba.
We love books, we love people, and we love the stories that we all have to tell. Praise what makes cachitas streets special is the attention the author gives to the many different contexts within which the virgin has been venerated, supplicated, politicized, and racialized over the centuriescubas tumultuous 20th century in particular. Also included are a long letter by richard armstrong describing the machado revolution in cuba and hemingways. Whats harder to find in english and sometimes even in spanish are books written by people who actually live there. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Peter winn, a fellow of columbia universitys research institute on international change, returned from a. Fidel castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture in cuba. Cuba is at a turning point in its history, and for a short time will be that rarity. During the spanishamerican war, the united states maintained a large military arsenal in cuba to protect u. He is the editor of the longman anthology of world literature. Becoming free becoming black race freedom and law cuba virginia.
Land and people cuba is the largest and westernmost of the islands of the west indies and lies strategically at the entrance to the. Analyzing the ideology and rhetoric around race in cuba and south florida during the early years of the cuban revolution, devyn spence benson argues that ideas, stereotypes, and discriminatory practices relating to racial difference persisted despite major efforts by the cuban state to generate social equality. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Cuban currency is the first book to address the effects on cuban literature of the countrys spectacular opening to foreign markets that marked the end of the twentieth century. The case it makeswhich is conceptual, normative, historical, and empiricalis persuasive and provocative. Since 1995, she has spent time living and researching in cuba. The 44th edition of the journal cuba studies, which was founded in 1970 and which the university of pittsburgh press has been publishing since 1985, includes articles on economic change and the. Picturing change emerge as a beautiful, balanced, and inclusive body of work. His books include the narrative covenant, we scholars, and meetings of the mind princeton. The economics of revolution in 2009 and she is the coauthor of youth activism and solidarity. Business venture teaches students to communicate using american and international english for a range of business situations. Business venture united states oxford university press.
Morrison reads archival, oralhistory, and literary sources to demonstrate the ideological centrality and inseparability of race, nation, and family, in definitions of cuban identity. America and cuba after the cold war, 19892001 by morris morley. Beyond cuban waters item detail university press vanderbilt. David damrosch is professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university and president of the american comparative literature association for 200203. It is our mission to further the university s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Cuba specialists across the disciplines should benefit from reading this book, as should scholars of civil society and comparative politics and any upperlevel undergraduates or graduate students contemplating fieldwork in cuba during this era of gradual and often confusing change in the meaning of cuban citizenship.
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