Cuba
Cuba
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USDCuba: A Short History brings together four chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of The Cambridge History of Latin America to provide for scholars, students and general readers a concise history of this important island nation. Contributors, top scholars in the field, trace the political, economic, and social development of Cuba from the middle of the eighteenth century onwards. The concluding chapter, updated for this volume, considers the dilemmas and challenges that Castro's Cuba faces in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.
Reviews & endorsements
"Cuba: A Short History, edited by Leslie Bethell, is the best brief history of Cuba available. It is recommended for undergraduate classes and for readers with an interest in a nation that has had a tremendous diplomatic and cultural impact on the United States....As a general introduction, this book is commendable." Thomas Zoumaras, History
Product details
March 1993Hardback
9780521430630
184 pages
236 × 158 × 18 mm
0.373kg
1 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Cuba, c.1750–c.1860 Hugh Thomas
- 2. Cuba, c.1860–c.1930 Luis E. Aguilar
- 3. Cuba, c.1930–1959 Louis A. Perez Jr
- 4. Cuba since 1959 Jorge Dominguez
- Bibliographical essays
- Index.
