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An on-the-ground history of American empire Say the word "Guantánamo" and orange jumpsuits, chain-link fences, torture, and indefinite detention come to mind. To critics the world over, Guantánamo B……続きを見る

Desde 1958 hasta nuestros días, Fidel Castro ha sido objeto de mas de 600 atentados, fallidos o neutralizados. No hay ningún otro mandatario en el mundo que registre ese record. Ello habla tanto de ……続きを見る

When the Soviet Union dissolved, so did the easy credit, cheap oil, and subsidies it had provided to Cuba. The bottom fell out of the Cuban economy, and many expected that Castro’s revolutionーthe o……続きを見る

In Buena Vista in the Club, Geoffrey Baker traces the trajectory of the Havana hip hop scene from the late 1980s to the present and analyzes its partial eclipse by reggaetón. While Cuban officials i……続きを見る

Revolutionary Medicine is a richly textured examination of the ways that Cuba's public health care system has changed during the past two decades and of the meaning of those changes for ordinary Cub……続きを見る

When Cuba threw off the yoke of Spanish rule at the end of the nineteenth century, it did so with the help of another foreign power, the United States. Thereafter, the United States became involved ……続きを見る

Excerpt From Booklet Christianity despite its doctrines if not meddled with African religious practices is largely impotent. Even though Jamaican laws are created from the influences of Christian pr……続きを見る

El vuelo de una paloma es el comienzo de una historia de vida que aún no termina, es un ser humano que como tu todos los días abre sus alas para seguir volando en el transcurso de la vida y el espac……続きを見る

Tobacco and sugar have made the history, the character, and the economy of Cuba. In this entertaining book, packed with fascinating lore, scholarship in its most humane form, and the flavor of Ferna……続きを見る

When Cuba’s centralized system for providing basic social services began to erode in the early 1990s, Christian and Afro-Cuban religious groups took on new social and political responsibilities. The……続きを見る

In The Double Life of Fidel Castro, one of Castro's soldiers of 17 years breaks his silence and shares his memoir of years of service, and eventual imprisonment and torture for displeasing the notor……続きを見る

In 1976, with the US trade embargo against Cuba underway, Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau visited the island nation, befriended his counterpart, and exclaimed publicly "Long live Prim……続きを見る

Vous me demandez souvent, mon cher Fabius1, pourquoi, tant d’orateurs du premier ordre, ayant illustré de leur génie et de leur gloire les siècles précédents,……続きを見る

A book about love, lies and deception between two women and the man who stole their hearts and played then both as fools. The never ending story of how a cute face and a smile turn smart women into ……続きを見る

From the #1 Kindle Bestseller comes an exotic tale of love, family and friendship 'The perfect holiday companion' - Heat 'The ultimate feel-good read' - Candis 'Sun-soaked escapism' - Best *********……続きを見る

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this study examines the traditional interpretation of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the Navy's quarantine of the is……続きを見る

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this study investigates the methods by which President John F. Kennedy arrived at decisions to deploy the military in t……続きを見る

The 1959 Cuban Revolution remains one of the signal events of modern political history. A tiny island, once a de facto colony of the United States, declared its independence, not just from the imper……続きを見る

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this report examines the personal experiences and organizational factors which influenced General LeMay's advice to the……続きを見る

Between 1840 and 1920, Cuba abolished slavery, fought two wars of independence, and was occupied by the United States before finally becoming an independent republic. Tiffany A. Sippial argues that ……続きを見る

History is being made in U.S.-Cuban relations. Now in paperback and updated to tell the real story behind the stunning December 17, 2014, announcement by President Obama and President Castro of thei……続きを見る

Freedom of religion did not come easily to Cuba or Puerto Rico. Only after the arrival of American troops during the Spanish-American War were non-Catholics permitted to practice their religions ope……続きを見る

Focusing on a period of history rocked by four armed movements, Lillian Guerra traces the origins of Cubans' struggles to determine the meaning of their identity and the character of the state, from……続きを見る

Memoir of My Youth in Cuba: A Soldier in the Spanish Army during the Separatist War, 1895–1898 is a translation of the memoir Memorias de mi juventud en Cuba: Un soldado del ejército español en la g……続きを見る

“Pushed by necessity but enabled by its existing social and educational policies, Cuba in the 1990s launched the most extensive program of urban sustainable agriculture in the world. This study is t……続きを見る

During the violent years of war marking Cuba's final push for independence from Spain, over 3,000 Cuban emigres, men and women, rich and poor, fled to Mexico. But more than a safe haven, Mexico was ……続きを見る

On January 2, 1959, Fidel Castro, the rebel comandante who had just overthrown Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, addressed a crowd of jubilant supporters. Recalling the failed popular uprisings of p……続きを見る

La métisse est un roman de l'écrivain canadien Jean Féron (1881 – 1946), de son vrai nom Joseph-Marc-Octave Lebel. Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières ……続きを見る

This timely book provides a balanced and deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba since Christopher Columbus’s first arrival in 1492. With decades of experience studying and reporting on the island……続きを見る

☆ Cuban History in 50 Events ☆ Cuba is a nation with a long, rich history. The study of Cuban history is also the study of the development of the New World by Europe, and the first steps taken by Ne……続きを見る