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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

More than one million Cubans, representing thirty percent of the country’s labor force, currently make up the nonstate sector. These include self-employed workers and micro-entrepreneurs, sharecropp……続きを見る

What does the Cuban Revolution look like “from within?" This volume proposes that scholars and observers of Cuba have too long looked elsewhereーfrom the United States to the Soviet Unionーto write ……続きを見る

The Cuban model of communism has been an inspirationーfrom both a positive and negative perspectiveーfor social movements, political leaders, and cultural expressionists around the world. With chang……続きを見る

Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region’s rich and varied architec……続きを見る

“An important contribution to U.S.-Caribbean dialogues in the field of Afro-Diasporic literatures and cultures.”ーJossianna Arroyo, author of Travestismos culturales: literature y etnografía en Cuba……続きを見る

"The first complete and comprehensive work on these important, unique programs. . . . An interesting, humane, yet tragic component of the post-1959 Cuban experience and the Cold War in general."--An……続きを見る

In the nineteenth century, the island of Cuba was a popular site for US travelers, who wrote dozens of travelogues about their experiences. At the same time, Cuban exiles living in the United States……続きを見る

Once called 'the wellspring of the revolution' by Fidel Castro, Jose Marti (1853-1895) is revered as one of the greatest figures in the history of Cuba. Not only was he instrumental in the late nine……続きを見る

A microhistory of racial segregation in Cienfuegos, a central Cuban port city Founded as a white colony in 1819, Cienfuegos, Cuba, quickly became home to people of African descent, both free and ens……続きを見る

How did Cuba's long-established sugar trade result in the development of an agriculture that benefited consumers abroad at the dire expense of Cubans at home? In this history of Cuba, Louis A. Perez……続きを見る

José Dolores Poyo (1836-1911) was an activist, publisher, social critic, fundraiser, and foundational figure in the campaign for Cuban independence from Spain. His leadership and his mantra-"adelant……続きを見る

Joseph Hartman focuses on the public works campaign of Cuban president, and later dictator, Gerardo Machado. Political histories often condemn Machado as a US-puppet dictator, overthrown in a labor ……続きを見る

1963: El complot es el tercer libro de la serie La guerra secreta, compuesta además por los volúmenes Operación Mangosta y Acción ejecutiva. La obra, en general, cubre un período de más de tres déca……続きを見る

Entre abril y agosto de 1898 sucedió un acontecimiento en La Habana que es muy poco conocido: la ciudad estuvo bloqueada. Los Estados Unidos, con el fin de la Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense, imponen ……続きを見る

La palabra “resiliencia” significa la capacidad del ser humano de resistir ante las condiciones adversas que lo rodean y desarrollar respuestas adaptativas y creativas, a pesar del dolor físico y lo……続きを見る

Esta obra, de valor inestimable, es una minuciosa investigación y catalogación de lo que ha quedado del testimonio visual de un proceso que ha marcado la vida, la sociedad, la economía y la cultura ……続きを見る

Como parte de los eternos y frustrados planes del imperialismo estadounidense de exterminar a la entonces naciente Revolución, por medio de su gobierno y su fiel aliada, la Agencia Central de Inteli……続きを見る

En esta obra se expone de manera resumida resultados de más de 30 años de investigaciones acerca del proceso de transformación socialista en las experiencias reales, y en particular en Cuba, vincula……続きを見る

En este libro se aborda como tema fundamental el terrorismo de Estado ejercido por los Estados Unidos, a través de sus mercenarios contra Cuba. Entre 1974 y 1976 los planes para derrocar al gobierno……続きを見る

El estudio de la educación en Cuba completa la comprensión del nacimiento de la nación, sus progresos y retrocesos históricos. En este libro la autora descubre un universo de ideas culturales relaci……続きを見る

En 1961, la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA) de los Estados Unidos creó un departamento, cuyo criptónimo era ZR/Rifle, que tenía como objetivo “la eliminación de los líderes políticos hostiles ……続きを見る

Tracking Cuban history from 1492 to the present, The Cuba Reader includes more than one hundred selections that present myriad perspectives on Cuba's history, culture, and politics. The volume foreg……続きを見る

Thriller - racconto lungo (54 pagine) - La Habana, 2002. Cosa si nasconde dietro l’omicidio di un investigatore privato italiano? Racconto finalista all’edizione 2018 del Delos Passport Contest In q……続きを見る

From one of America's leading legal minds, a riveting look at the U.S.-Cuban relationship seen through the lens of a nearly impossible case During his distinguished career, Martin Garbus has establi……続きを見る

This book reinterprets Wifredo Lam’s work with particular attention to its political implications, focusing on how these implications emerge from the artist’s critical engagement with 20th-century a……続きを見る

Cuba no século XXI: dilemas da revolução é o resultado de uma pesquisa realizada por um grupo de trinta e três investigadores de várias universidades brasileiras (Unifesp, USP, Unicamp, Unirio, UFRR……続きを見る

'An empowering read . . . it is refreshing to see somebody celebrate the role that black Britons have played in this island's long and complicated history' DAVID LAMMY, author of Tribes, in 'The bes……続きを見る

LAJSA Book Award Winner, 2017, Latin American Jewish Studies Association As Cuba industrialized in the nineteenth century, an epochal realignment of the social order occurred. In this period of chan……続きを見る

Twenty-first century Cuba is a cultural stew. Tommy Hilfiger and socialism. Nike products and poverty in Africa. The New York Yankees and the meaning of "blackness." The quest for American consumer ……続きを見る