Caribbean & West Indian 25

Montecristi a Cabo Haitiano. Diario de Campaña es uno de los testimonios finales de José Martí, escrito en los días previos a su desembarco en Cuba en 1895. No se trata de un diario íntimo en el sen……続きを見る

La Descripción de diferentes piezas de historia natural. También llamada Libro de los Peces, es la primera obra científica que se publicó en Cuba y fue el resultado de un esfuerzo de varias décadas.……続きを見る

El Manifiesto de Montecristi, redactado por José Martí y Máximo Gómez, es una declaración formal de guerra contra España. Así el Partido Revolucionario Cubano dio paso adelante en su programa de luc……続きを見る

Florencio Sánchez, el dramaturgo y periodista uruguayo, dejó una huella en las artes escénicas con piezas como "Barranca abajo" y "La Gringa". En "El caudillaje criminal en Sudamérica", Sánchez hace……続きを見る

At the end of the nineteenth century, William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal glorified cubanas as “the most feminine and simple women in the world.” Ever since, the stereotype of Cuban femininit……続きを見る

This book is a broad and rich collection of contributions to the debate on cooperatives in Cuba and argues that they have the potential to both improve Cubans' material standard of living and to str……続きを見る

An unparalleled in-depth study of Cuban revolutionary cinema. From 1968 to 1976, energized by a postrevolutionary cultural effervescence of which cinema was the prime expression, the Cuban Film Inst……続きを見る

The Hidden Equation The CIA, the KGB, and the Cuban Missile Crisis By Thomas R. Keane In the shadowed corridors of power, long before the world held its breath in October 1962, a quieter battle was ……続きを見る

Dead Drop in Moscow Oleg Penkovsky, MI6, and the Declassified Exchange That Helped Avert Nuclear War In April 1962, under the constant gaze of Soviet surveillance, a brief exchange took place on a M……続きを見る

History made simple! Are you tired of reading through all those old-fashioned history books on Christopher Columbus? Do you need a learning experience offered in a context? With explanations? Catego……続きを見る

He promised liberation. He delivered a revolution that the world still cannot agree on. For over half a century, Fidel Castro ruled Cuba with a force of will that defied every prediction ー survivin……続きを見る

El libro aborda y resume algunos pasajes y reseñas históricas sobre sucesos ocurridos durante el desempeño de una misión militar internacionalista en la República Popular de Angola (RPA), en un perí……続きを見る

By 1865, more than 750,000 enslaved Africans had arrived in Cuba, making it the leading Spanish American slave colony and the epicenter of slavery in the Atlantic. At the height of the global tobacc……続きを見る

How Cuba’s contemporary mediascape is challenging official histories, recovering memories, and redefining identities This volume shows how Cuban filmmakers, journalists, and activists use film and o……続きを見る

Cuba, 1987 Esteban Gutiérrez, 35 ans, fonctionnaire d’État convaincu, sue dans une guagua en attendant son prochain arrêt. S’entassent près de lui deux jeunes gens, Laura et Olaf, qu’il a vus grandi……続きを見る

Before the revolution, Cuba was not only a Caribbean island shaped by sugar, slavery, rebellion, and empire. It was also one of the most deeply Spanish influenced societies in the Americas, transfor……続きを見る

Before the start of the Spanish-American War, newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst sent star reporter Richard Harding Davis and acclaimed illustrator Frederic Remington to Cuba to cover the simme……続きを見る