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Cuba in the world, the world in Cuba : essays on Cuban history, politics and culture / edited by Alessandra Lorini, Duccio Basosi ; with a preface by Ronald Pruessen, Rick Halpern, Max Guderzo.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lorini, Alessandra
Contributor:
Lorini, Alessandra, 1949- editor, contributor.
Basosi, Duccio, 1974- editor, contributor.
Pruessen, Ronald W., contributor.
Halpern, Rick, contributor.
Guderzo, Max, contributor.
Series:
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca ; 91.
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca ; 91
Language:
English
Italian
Subjects (All):
Cuba--History--19th century.
Cuba.
Cuba--History--20th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Essays on Cuban history, politics and culture
Place of Publication:
Firenze University Press 2009
Florence, Italy : Firenze University Press, 2009
Language Note:
In English and Spanish.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
The volume approaches Cuba as a nation that hosts a convergence of extraordinary global developments and, in turn, projects itself onto the world's major cultural, political and economic processes. From different perspectives, ranging from architecture and music to politics and economics, the twenty-one essays presented here embrace the multifaceted interactions between Cuba and foreign imperial strategies during the 19th century, the troublesome formation of national political cultures in the first half of the 20th century, and the multiple global aspects of some of Cuba's choices from the Cold War to the first decade of the present century.
Contents:
Preface
Introduction: Cuba in the world, the world in Cuba
part I. The making of the Cuban republic: from slavery to a raceless nation
part II. Science and technology in Cuba: from colony to revolution
part III. Conflicting political cultures: from the first US occupation to revolution
part IV. Transforming urban space: La Habana as a case study
part V. Examples of the transnational dimension of Cuban culture: a poet, a painter, some musicians
part VI. Cuba and the international scene of the Cold War: the African case
part VII. The contemporary scene: Cuban strategies for the 21st century
List of contributors.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references.
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Generic CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/legalcode
Description based on print record and e-publication, viewed on January 31, 2018
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
OCLC:
1163846080
Publisher Number:
10.26530/OAPEN_356398
Access Restriction:
Open access Unrestricted online access

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