Political Essay on the Island of Cuba

Political Essay on the Island of Cuba
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 548
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ISBN-10 : 9780226465678
ISBN-13 : 0226465675
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Political Essay on the Island of Cuba by : Alexander von Humboldt

The research Alexander von Humboldt amassed during his five-year trek through the Americas in the early 19th century proved foundational to the fields of botany and geology. But his visit to Cuba yielded observations that extended far beyond the natural world. This title presents a physical and cultural study of the island nation.

The Island of Cuba

The Island of Cuba
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 696
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044013682927
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Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Island of Cuba by : Alexander von Humboldt

This Is Cuba

This Is Cuba
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 9781250176981
ISBN-13 : 1250176980
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis This Is Cuba by : David Ariosto

USA Today "New and Noteworthy" • One of The Washington Post's "10 Books to Read—and Gift—in December" "Fascinating." —Forbes Fidel Castro is dead. Donald Trump was elected president. And to most outsiders, the fate of Cuba has never seemed more uncertain. Yet those who look close enough may recognize that signs of the next revolution are etched in plain view. This is Cuba is a true story that begins in the summer of 2009 when a young American photo-journalist is offered the chance of a lifetime—a two-year assignment in Havana. For David Ariosto, the island is an intriguing new world, unmoored from the one he left behind. From neighboring military coups, suspected honey traps, salty spooks, and desperate migrants to dissidents, doctors, and Havana’s empty shelves, Ariosto uncovers the island’s subtle absurdities, its Cold War mystique, and the hopes of a people in the throes of transition. Beyond the classic cars, salsa, and cigars lies a country in which black markets are ubiquitous, free speech is restricted, privacy is curtailed, sanctions wreak havoc, and an almost Kafka-esque goo of Soviet-style bureaucracy still slows the gears of an economy desperate to move forward. But life in Cuba is indeed changing, as satellite dishes and internet hotspots dot the landscape and more Americans want in. Still, it’s not so simple. The old sentries on both sides of the Florida Straits remain at their posts, fists clenched and guarding against the specter of a Cold War that never quite ended, despite the death of Fidel and the hand-over of the presidency to a man whose last name isn’t Castro. And now, a crisis is brewing. In This Is Cuba, Ariosto looks at Cuba from the inside-out over the course of nine years, endeavoring to expose clues for what’s in store for the island as it undergoes its biggest change in more than half a century.

Cuba

Cuba
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Publisher : National Geographic Society
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822028233872
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Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Cuba by : Elizabeth Newhouse

Granted unprecedented access to this ethereal and enigmatic island, award-winning photographer David Alan Harvey presents more than a year of his fieldwork in this lavish and insightful, modern-day portrait of Cuba. 125 full-color photos.

Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 9781501154577
ISBN-13 : 1501154575
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) by : Ada Ferrer

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued—through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country’s future. Meanwhile, politics in Washington—Barack Obama’s opening to the island, Donald Trump’s reversal of that policy, and the election of Joe Biden—have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an “important” (The Guardian) and moving chronicle that demands a new reckoning with both the island’s past and its relationship with the United States. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Along the way, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between the two countries, documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This is a story that will give Americans unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and, in so doing, help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba; “readers will close [this] fascinating book with a sense of hope” (The Economist). Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States—as well as the author’s own extensive travel to the island over the same period—this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.

Lion Island

Lion Island
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9781481461122
ISBN-13 : 1481461125
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Lion Island by : Margarita Engle

This is the story of a young man who became a champion of civil rights for those who could not speak for themselves.

An Island Called Home

An Island Called Home
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9780813541891
ISBN-13 : 0813541891
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis An Island Called Home by : Ruth Behar

This is the story of the author's return to learn about and meet the people who are keeping Judaism alive in Cuba today.

Picturing Cuba

Picturing Cuba
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Publisher : University of Florida Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 168340209X
ISBN-13 : 9781683402091
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis Picturing Cuba by : Jorge Duany

Picturing Cuba explores the evolution of Cuban visual art and its links to cubanía, or Cuban cultural identity. Featuring artwork from the Spanish colonial, republican, and postrevolutionary periods of Cuban history, as well as the contemporary diaspora, these richly illustrated essays trace the creation of Cuban art through shifting political, social, and cultural circumstances. Contributors examine colonial-era lithographs of Cuba?s landscape, architecture, people, and customs that portrayed the island as an exotic, tropical location. They show how the avant-garde painters of the vanguardia, or Havana School, wrestled with the significance of the island?s African and indigenous roots, and they also highlight subversive photography that depicts the harsh realities of life after the Cuban Revolution. They explore art created by the first generation of postrevolutionary exiles, which reflects a new identity?lo cubanoamericano, Cuban-Americanness?and expresses the sense of displacement experienced by Cubans who resettled in another country. A concluding chapter evaluates contemporary attitudes toward collecting and exhibiting post-revolutionary Cuban art in the United States. Encompassing works by Cubans on the island, in exile, and born in America, this volume delves into defining moments in Cuban art across three centuries, offering a kaleidoscopic view of the island?s people, culture, and history. Contributors: Anelys Alvarez | Lynnette M. F. Bosch | María A. Cabrera Arús | Iliana Cepero | Ramón Cernuda | Emilio Cueto | Carol Damian | Victor Deupi | Jorge Duany | Alison Fraunhar | Andrea O?Reilly Herrera | Jean-François Lejeune | Abigail McEwen | Ricardo Pau-Llosa | E. Carmen Ramos

Es Cuba

Es Cuba
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Publisher : Seal Press
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 1580051790
ISBN-13 : 9781580051798
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Es Cuba by : Lea Aschkenas

Traces the author's witness to the complex culture of Cuba, offering insight into its citizen's struggles as reflected by the stories of the women she meets, her budding love affair with a man who ultimately becomes her husband, and compatriots struggling to bring about governmental change. Reprint.

Planet/Cuba

Planet/Cuba
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Publisher : Verso Books
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781784781224
ISBN-13 : 1784781223
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Planet/Cuba by : Rachel Price

Transformations in Cuban art, literature and culture in the post-Fidel era Cuba has been in a state of massive transformation over the past decade, with its historic resumption of diplomatic relations with the United States only the latest development. While the political leadership has changed direction, other forces have taken hold. The environment is under threat, and the culture feels the strain of new forms of consumption. Planet/Cuba examines how art and literature have responded to a new moment, one both more globalized and less exceptional; more concerned with local quotidian worries than international alliances; more threatened by the depredations of planetary capitalism and climate change than by the vagaries of the nation’s government. Rachel Price examines a fascinating array of artists and writers who are tracing a new socio-cultural map of the island.