Caribbean & West Indian 8

Il 26 luglio del 1953, un pugno di rivoluzionari guidati da Fidel Castro decide di dare "l'assalto al cielo" e, tentando il tutto per tutto, attacca due importanti avamposti militari cubani. La sort……続きを見る

L’Avana. In una afosa notte del 1933 il primogenito dei Gutierrez, Pinar, viene ammazzato nei pressi del porto della capitale cubana. Tocchera' al terzogenito Santiago, scoprire il mistero che si na……続きを見る

La penna del traduttore viandante appunta sul taccuino della complicità storie ascoltate, vissute, immaginate. Ingarbugliandosi, provano a raccontare la prodigiosa e diroccata Avana, la musica ritma……続きを見る

Tercera novela que escribe, para el año de 1919, Miguel de Carrión. Esta novela estuvo durante varios años prohibida para las solteras de la sociedad habanera, hasta alcanzar reconocimiento y conver……続きを見る

Para una teoria del arte en Historia y estilo expone la contribucion de Jorge Manach (1898-1961) a la teoria del arte cubano, mediante el examen de Historia y estilo (1944), contentivo de varios tex……続きを見る

Winner, 2020 Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in New York history Honorable Mention, 2019 CASA Literary Prize for Studies on Latinos in the United States, given by La Casa de la……続きを見る

Nel giro di pochi minuti, i telefoni di tutte le agenzie stampa del mondo cominciarono a squillare: il famoso pilota di Formula 1 Manuel Fangio era stato rapito da un commando rivoluzionario del Mov……続きを見る

A city of tropical heat, sweat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky. Awar……続きを見る

How New York intellectuals interpreted and wrote about Castro's revolution in the 1960s New York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil……続きを見る

"Serious but easily readable. The History of Havana employs conventional documentary, written and visual sources and a variety of testimonials from throughout the world to bring to life the complex ……続きを見る

Set in Havana during the Cuban Revolution and in the Deep South before and during the Civil Rights Movement, A Crowded Loneliness, is based on the true story of Bienvenida Catalina Miranda. Her fami……続きを見る

Repeatedly and powerfully throughout Cuban history, the mulata, a woman of mixed racial identity, features prominently in Cuban visual and performative culture. Tracing the figure, Alison Fraunhar l……続きを見る

El texto cubre un período de más de tres décadas y comprende los primeros momentos en que los gobiernos imperialistas de los Estados Unidos tratan de sofocar y ahogar al nuevo proceso revolucionario……続きを見る

In this award-winning environmental history of Cuba since the age of Columbus, Reinaldo Funes Monzote emphasizes the two processes that have had the most dramatic impact on the island's landscape: d……続きを見る

Resulta de gran interés conocer la historia de los países del Caribe, máxime cuando en la actualidad el debate gira en torno a definir cuáles son las características de los populismos o los líderes ……続きを見る

Biografische Skizze des Lebens Ernesto Che Guevaras vom Schriftsteller Eberherd Panitz - in revolutionärer Verbundenheit. 続きを見る

In Our Rightful Share, Aline Helg examines the issue of race in Cuban society, politics, and ideology during the island's transition from a Spanish colony to an independent state. She challenges Cub……続きを見る

Youth and the Cuban Revolution: Youth Culture and Politics in 1960s Cuba is a new history of the first decade of the Cuban Revolution, exploring how youth came to play such an important role in the ……続きを見る

This mid-2018 report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. American society conventionally expects immigrants to assimilate, yet contemporary views ……続きを見る

La relación hombre-naturaleza ha estado presente en la cultura y la historia humana desde tiempos remotos. Sin embargo, durante el siglo XX esta relación se ha colocado en el centro de la reflexión ……続きを見る

This edited volume examines the history of abstract art across Latin America after 1945. This form of art grew in popularity across the Americas in the postwar period, often serving to affirm a sens……続きを見る

Few political figures of the modern age have been so vilified as Fidel Castro, and both the vilification and worship generated by the Cuban leader have combined to distort the true image of Castro. ……続きを見る

For nearly three centuries, Cuba's economy was based on a single crop -- sugar cane. After Fidel Castro's 1959 Revolution of 1959, despite serious attempts at diversification, the country continued ……続きを見る

In 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26,000 soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of the wealthiest and most populous ports in the Americas. They met fi……続きを見る

This Atlantic world history centers on the life of Juan Nepomuceno Prieto (c. 1773–c. 1835), a member of the West African Yoruba people enslaved and taken to Havana during the era of the Atlantic sl……続きを見る

From the moment Columbus gazed out from his Santa Maria and hailed ‘the most beautiful land human eyes have seen’, Cuba has been a magnet for fantasies – and for historic drama. In recent years, Fid……続きを見る

Esta obra expone las relaciones de confrontación Estados Unidos-Cuba durante la presidencia de Richard Nixon, cuando el pueblo cubano tuvo que enfrentar una administración muy hostil y agresiva. Est……続きを見る

Roberto "Bobby" Maduro (1916-1986) was a visionary baseball team owner and executive. His dedication to promoting the game internationally from the 1950s through the 1970s remains unrivaled. He head……続きを見る

From the turn of the twentieth century through the late 1950s, Havana was a locus for American movie stars, with glamorous visitors including Errol Flynn, John Wayne, and Marlon Brando. In fact, Hol……続きを見る

2020 SABR Baseball Research Award Last Seasons in Havana explores the intersection between Cuba and America’s pastime from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, when Fidel Castro overthrew Cuban dictat……続きを見る