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Cuba / edited by Martha Hostetter.

Summary:

"Hugh Thomas's book explores the whole sweep of Cuban history from the English capture of Havana in 1762 through the years of Spanish and United States domination down to the twentieth century and the extraordinary revolution of Fidel Castro. 'So much that seems obscure in the present Cuban scene', Hugh Thomas writes, 'becomes more comprehensible if set against the experiences of the previous four or five generations.' Accordingly, throughout this two-hundred-year period the author relates the political, economic and social events of Cuba; in particular he set Cuba's greatest crop, sugar, in the context of slavery and with the Atlantic slave trade and the development of Cuba's relations with the United States and the other states of Latin America." "First published in 1971, Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom is still one of the most important and authoritative books on this complex country - marrying Hugh Thomas's unique skills as an historian with an intricate and absorbing subject."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0824209915
ISBN: 9780824209919
Physical Description: viii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Bronx, N.Y. : H.W. Wilson, 2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Cuba: evolution in the revolution / John Putman -- Cuba's suspended revolution / Kevin Baxter -- Cuba's next revolution: how Christians are reshaping Castro's communist stronghold / John W. Kennedy -- After Castro, what? / Roger Fontaine -- What Cuba can teach Russia / Ana Julia Jatar-Hausmann -- Castro gives tourism a try / Linda Robinson -- Against all odds, Cuban small business finds a way / Philip Peters -- Dotcommies take over Cuba / Timothy Ashby and Elizabeth Bourget -- Cuban discoveries hold key to world's progress in medicine / Daniel Whitaker -- Cuba's organic revolution / Hugh Warwick -- Trading with communists: two dictatorships, two U.S. policies / Tom Delay and James P. McGovern -- How the embargo hurts Cubans and helps Castro / Stuart Taylor, Jr. -- Washington's costly Cuba policy / Wayne S. Smith -- Cuba countdown / Alexis Simendinger -- Inside look at human smuggling / Mark Fineman -- Art and politics in Miami / Jordan Levin -- After Hurricane Elián / Max J. Castro.

American academics invade Cuba and find a vibrant intellectual scene / David Aquila Lawrence -- Cuba's all-stars / Tom Miller -- Cuba goes gayer / John Casey -- In Cuba a vintage Harley can epitomize life inself / Tracey Eaton -- Cuba begins to answer its race question / Eugene Robinson -- Making waves / Rosa Lowinger -- Castro's children / Dierdra Funcheon.