Cuba libre : a 500-year quest for independence /: a 500-year quest for independence. (2017)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Cuba libre : a 500-year quest for independence /: a 500-year quest for independence. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Cuba libre : a 500-year quest for independence
- Further Information:
- Note: Philip Brenner, Peter Eisner.
- Authors:
- Brenner, Philip
Eisner, Peter - Contents:
- Preface; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: 1492&ndash;1598 ; Chapter 1: Columbus Arrives and Spain Colonizes Cuba, 1492&ndash;1550; Chapter 2: Sugar and Slavery; Chapter 3: Struggle for Independence, 1868&ndash;1898; Chapter 4: Cuban Independence War and US Occupation; Chapter 5: From Occupation to &ldquo;Good Neighbor&rdquo; Chapter 6: Playground of the Western World and the Rise of Batista, 1934&ndash;1958; Chapter 7: The Revolutionary Struggle, 1953&ndash;1958; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: 1959&ndash;1989 ; Chapter 8: The Quest for Sovereignty; Chapter 9: Consolidating the Revolution: Culture and Politics; Chapter 10: Consolidating the Revolution: Economic Reforms, New Institutions, and Basic Needs; Chapter 11: Bay of Pigs/Playa Gir&oacute;n; Chapter 12: The Missile Crisis; Chapter 13: Foreign Policy in the 1960s: Exporting Revolution, Chinese Flirtations, and Soviet Tensions; Chapter 14: Internal Adjustments and Advancing Equality, 1963&ndash;1975; Chapter 15: Becoming a Third World Leader, 1970s; Chapter 16: Mariel Exodus&mdash;A Warning Signal, 1980; Chapter 17: Change and Rectification at Home and Abroad, 1980s; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III: 1990&ndash;2016 ; Chapter 18: The &ldquo;Special Period&rdquo; in a Time of Peace, 1990&ndash;2000; Chapter 19: The Cuban Diaspora and Racial Inequality; Chapter 20: Helms-Burton, US-Cuban Relations, and Terrorism, 1995&ndash;1998; Chapter 21: The Pope Goes to Cuba; Eli&aacute;n Goes to Miami,Preface; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: 1492&ndash;1598 ; Chapter 1: Columbus Arrives and Spain Colonizes Cuba, 1492&ndash;1550; Chapter 2: Sugar and Slavery; Chapter 3: Struggle for Independence, 1868&ndash;1898; Chapter 4: Cuban Independence War and US Occupation; Chapter 5: From Occupation to &ldquo;Good Neighbor&rdquo; Chapter 6: Playground of the Western World and the Rise of Batista, 1934&ndash;1958; Chapter 7: The Revolutionary Struggle, 1953&ndash;1958; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: 1959&ndash;1989 ; Chapter 8: The Quest for Sovereignty; Chapter 9: Consolidating the Revolution: Culture and Politics; Chapter 10: Consolidating the Revolution: Economic Reforms, New Institutions, and Basic Needs; Chapter 11: Bay of Pigs/Playa Gir&oacute;n; Chapter 12: The Missile Crisis; Chapter 13: Foreign Policy in the 1960s: Exporting Revolution, Chinese Flirtations, and Soviet Tensions; Chapter 14: Internal Adjustments and Advancing Equality, 1963&ndash;1975; Chapter 15: Becoming a Third World Leader, 1970s; Chapter 16: Mariel Exodus&mdash;A Warning Signal, 1980; Chapter 17: Change and Rectification at Home and Abroad, 1980s; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III: 1990&ndash;2016 ; Chapter 18: The &ldquo;Special Period&rdquo; in a Time of Peace, 1990&ndash;2000; Chapter 19: The Cuban Diaspora and Racial Inequality; Chapter 20: Helms-Burton, US-Cuban Relations, and Terrorism, 1995&ndash;1998; Chapter 21: The Pope Goes to Cuba; Eli&aacute;n Goes to Miami, 1998&ndash;2000; Chapter 22: The Search for a Viable Strategy, 2001&ndash;2006; Chapter 23: The Transition from Fidel to Ra&uacute;l Castro, 2006&ndash;2009; Chapter 24: Securing Cuba&rsquo;s Independence through Economic Change, 2010&ndash;2016; Chapter 25: Securing Cuba&rsquo;s Independence through Foreign Policy, 2010&ndash;2016; Chapter 26: Change, Continuity, and the Future; ; Appendix: Chronology of Key Events; Bibliography; Index … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 972.91
History: Modern / General
History: Latin America / General
History: Revolutionary
Cuba -- History
Cuba -- Social conditions
Cuba -- Autonomy and independence movements - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780742566712
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780742566699
9780742566705 - Notes:
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.207486
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