Cuba - Couverture souple

Perez, Louis A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195094824 ISBN 13 : 9780195094824

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Spanning the history of the island from pre-Columbian times to the present, this highly acclaimed survey examines Cuba's political and economic development within the context of its international relations and continuing struggle for self-determination. The dualism that emerged in Cuban ideology--between liberal constructs of patria and radical formulations of nationality --is fully investigated as a source not only of national tension but of competing notions of liberty, equality, and justice which would eventually determine the form and function of Cuban mobilization. Perez integrates local and provincial developments with issues of class, race, and gender to give students a full and fascinating account of the Cuban history of struggle for nationality. The new, second edition includes the latest research on Cuba, adding a new chapter on the political and economic changes that have occurred since the Soviet Union stopped subsidizing for the Cuban economy.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Lou Perez's Cuba has been a welcome addition to the Cuban history course since it first appeared. The Second Edition has solidified its place as the leading choice among teachers of modern Cuban history, and, based on events over the past nine years, the text has now been updated and revised. Perez has added new material covering the years from 1995 through 2004 in the chapter on Socialist Cuba (the last chapter). Further, the book ends with a political chronology, which has been revised and updated; the extensive bibliography been condensed where necessary (through elimination of outdated or superseded entries) and expanded to highlight the scholarship of the past decade (some of it by Perez himself). He has also condensed material in the body of the text where possible. The new edition features a slightly larger format and for the first time, photos in the text and the inclusion of two new maps. Sales of the previous editions have been extremely good, and there's every reason to think that a new Third edition will have an even more enthusiastic reception.

Biographie de l'auteur

Louis A. Pérez, Jr. is a J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History at the University of North Carolina (Ph. D. at University of New Mexico); specializes in 19th and 20th Century Caribbean, particularly Cuba. Books include: The War of 1898 (UNC Press, 1998), Cuba in the American Imagination (UNC Press, 2008), On Becoming Cuban (UNC Press, 2007).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195094824
• ISBN 13: 9780195094824
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 556
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible