List of books and articles about cuban history online. The united states and the triumph of the cuban revolution. Jan 14, 1979 peter winn, a fellow of columbia university s research institute on international change, returned from a recent trip to cuba to complete an oral history of the chilean. Hip hop and raced citizenship in neoliberal cuba durham, nc and london. The 10 books listed here barely scratch the surface, but will give you a solid foundation for your visit to this beautiful island nation. Discrete lesbian or gay male identities in the modern sense identities that are based on self definition and involve emotional as well as physical aspects of samesex relations were rare. The united fruit company in cuba duke university press. Cubans cannot read books, magazines or newspapers unless they have. An article published on 19 november 1999 by maria elena rodriguez, a journalist for the cubaverdad press, described the burning and burying of hundreds of books donated to cuba by the government of spain. A 2009 study at the university of sussex found that reading can reduce stress by up to 68%, and we think everyone could do with a little less stress at the moment. Picturing change emerge as a beautiful, balanced, and inclusive body of work. The university of texas press is a member of the association of university presses. The 44th edition of the journal cuba studies, which was founded in 1970 and which the university of pittsburgh press has been publishing since 1985, includes articles on economic change and the.
Peter winn, a fellow of columbia universitys research institute on international change, returned from a recent trip to cuba to complete an. The new man in cuba is an indepth discussion of cultural politics and the politics of culture emergingevidenced by in the relentless desire of cuban writers, artists, and intellectuals to create a new man and hold tight to a revolutionary spirit. Drawing on archival research and interviews with cuban leaders, thinkers, and activists, this book tells for the first time the remarkable story of how cuba. Life in the new cuba julia cooke seal press decades later, any optimism in the aftermath of the revolution has long since dissipated. Peter kornbluh university of north carolina press, 2015 updated edition. But cuba had strict laws that criminalized homosexuality and targeted gay men for harassment. Information and translations of free education in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Given that cuba lies less than 100 miles off the coast of the mainland united states, it is inevitable that the histories of the caribbean island and america have been interwoven almost since the first voyage of discovery by christopher columbus in 1492. The outside thing, by hannah roche introduction feb 14, 2020 this theoretically sophisticated reading of three lesbian writersstein, hall, and barnesis at once playful and serious. Cubas academic advantage stanford university press. Cuba is at a turning point in its history, and for a short time will be that rarity. A revolutionary life, here are five essential books about cuba. Established in 1962, the mit press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design.
The cuba reader also describes life in the periodo especial following the cutoff of soviet aid and the tightening of the u. Wifredo lam and the international avantgarde, 19231982 lowery stokes sims. Cuba s academic advantage challenges many prevailing views about the effectiveness of educational markets, school and teacher autonomy, decentralized decisionmaking, and government responsibility for childrens social and economic welfare. Please be aware that there may be delays with shipping during this time. Urban space as heritage in late colonial cuba classicism. Start there, and then pick something from the list above. Antiracism in cuba university of north carolina press. Constitutional modernism explores architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces, analyzing the complex entanglements between these disciplines in the cuban republic. It is our mission to further the university s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
Cuba is a setting in which the questions surrounding its future become the questions all cultures face as social systemspolitical, economic, and otherwisehelp shape human experience. In the immediate aftermath of the revolution, castros government began a program of nationalization. Letters from negro soldiers, 18981902 the university of arkansas press reprint series. We love books, we love people, and we love the stories that we all have to tell. Fidel castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture in cuba. Drug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in cuba from the 1920s to the revolution by eduardo saenz rovner. Cuba is rich in personal detail, but maintains its integrity through its impartial stance. The december 17, 2014, announcements by presidents obama and castro that the united states and cuba had agreed to reestablish diplomatic ties known as d17 was a watershed moment in u. Jun 09, 2009 chicagoan and depaul university mentor achy obejas days of awe, whom junot diaz, with a small slight of hand, calls one of the cubas most important writers, has a new novel, ruins akashic books, which deals with a concern that no doubt has confronted and continues to confront many cubansloyalty to the revolution, its ideology.
It is of value to anybody who is interested in cuba. A social and popular dance reader university of illinois press, 2009. Drawing on interviews with teachers, principals, and policymakers, as well as hours of videotaped. Yaffes book on the last thirty years of the cuban revolution explains why, in the absence of the two castro brothers, it has not just survived but pioneered new forms of socialism suitable for the 21 st century. Top universities in cuba 2020 cuban university ranking. A century of exhibition ballroom dance nyu press, 1995 and the editor of ballroom, boogie, shimmy sham, shake. The cinema of small nations indiana university press. Letters from negro soldiers, 18981902 the university of arkansas press reprint series gatewood, willard on.
But university presses in the usa have published a couple of books written. Yet the construction of a collective heritage in late colonial cuba would need to be considered in relation to the phenomenon of mestizaje pride in miscegenation known to multiple spanish american contexts. For students, travelers, and all those who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of florida. The pride in or, as serge gruzinski argues, the condition of being of a socially and culturally mixed society of european, american. In her new book, exporting revolution, margaret randall explores the cuban. Columbia university press is a leading publisher of scholarly and trade books in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. With graceful and forceful prose, downs links the midnineteenthcentury history of the united states to that of the broader atlantic worldin particular, to cuba and mexico in their struggles against european powers to end slavery and establish antiimperialist democracies. Focusing on the everyday world of ordinary cubans, this book examines cuban understandings of the world and of cubas place in it. Fidel castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture in cuba julie marie bunck julie marie bunck provides us with an overdue, critical accounting of more than three decades of failed, costly social experimentation by the castro regime. Vital signs explores the pursuit of love and meaning in contemporary cuba in. Timothy hyde reveals how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new cuban constitution in 1940 up until the cuban revoluti. Saskia sassen is professor of sociology and of the social sciences at the university of chicago.
Ever since fidel castro assumed power in cuba in 1959, americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the florida keys. The cuban revolution had powerful domestic and international repercussions. We cannot accept orders for books or journals at this time. Sweig what everyone needs to know cuba is a perennially topical issue in the u. The 44th edition of the journal cuba studies, which was founded in 1970 and which the university of pittsburgh press has been publishing since 1985, includes articles on. If you are a print subscriber of the cuba free press, saint james press or steelville starcrawford mirror, you can get full access to all the premium content on. We will be able to start filling orders for physical books when the country moves to alert level 3 on 28 april. He is the author of the classic work on postcastro revolutionary movements, guerrilla movements in latin america, and most recently of in the shadow of the liberator. In the years since the cuban revolution in 1959, eleven men have served as president of the united states, arguably the most powerful nation on earth.
The author emphasizes such littleknown aspects of cuba s history as its tradition of racism and violence, its black rebellions, the survival of its indian peoples, and the lasting influence of spain. History, culture, politics the latin america readers cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white termseither as the site of one of latin americas most successful revolutions or as the bastion of the worlds last communist regime. In institutional changes of cubas economicsocial reforms. Roches insistence on the queerness of desire, romance, and love between women takes. Several of her publications which examine dance in the early 20th century, have focused on social dance and class.
Welcome to the cuba press were an independent publisher based in wellington, aotearoa new zealand. During the first half of the 1990s, perhaps the worst part of the special period, cubans lost an. A bevy of recommended new more or less books on fidel, che, and our intriguing island neighbor. Beyond cuban waters item detail university press vanderbilt. Dick cluster, translator of many books by cuban writers, reveals twenty of the best. The university of havana was founded in 1727 and there are a number of other wellestablished colleges and universities.
Anarchism and countercultural politics in early twentiethcentury cuba. It is our mission to further the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by. Her other books include guests and aliens, the mobility of labor and capital, losing control, and globalization and its discontents. Russ davidson university of north carolina press, 2008. Education in cuba has been a highly ranked system for many years.
What everyone needs to know oxford university press, 2009 is a great read. It has resulted in european union sanctions from 2003 to 2008 as well as statements of protest from groups, governments, and noted individuals. Praise cuba is rich in personal detail, but maintains its integrity through its impartial stance. State and market roles, progress, hurdles, comparisons, monitoring and effects, carmelo mesalago, distinguished service professor. Constitutional modernism university of minnesota press. Urban space as heritage in late colonial cuba classicism and. History, culture, politics the latin america readers aviva. For students, travelers, and all those who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of florida, the cuba reader is an invaluable introduction. History, culture, politics the latin america readers aviva chomsky, barry carr, pamela maria smorkaloff on. Perez is the author of a wide variety of books on cuba. Selected books cuban missile crisis boston university.
Hemingway, cuba, and the cuban works kent state u press. Richard gott, a british journalist and historian with many years experience in latin america, first visited cuba in 1963 and has reported from the island many times since. Hemingway, cuba, and the cuban works corrects this omission by presenting contributions by scholars and journalists from the united states, russia, japan, and cuba, who explore how hemingway absorbed and wrote from the culture and place around him. Save 40% on unc press books during our american history sale.
It has resulted in european union sanctions from 2003 to 2008 as well as statements of protest from groups, governments, and noted individuals cuba has ranked low on the press freedom index from reporters without borders from 2002 when the index was established 4th out of 9 to the present 169th out of 180 in 2015. Eight expertly crafted chapters and a short epilogue trace the fascinating, complex history of cuba from its settlement by the spanish in the early 16th century to the present. The book also offers an original look at aspects of the revolution, including castros relationship with the soviet union. Cuba has ranked low on the press freedom index from reporters without. Rolando estevez and the beautiful books of ediciones. Envisioning cuba publishes outstanding, innovative works in cuban studies, drawn from diverse. The writing style is accessible, and the subject matter is diverse and very well researched, giving a richness of detail as well as a profound analysis of cuban politics and social movements.
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