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Cuba was different : views of the Cuban Communist Party on the collapse of Soviet and Eastern European socialism / Even Sandvik Underlid.
Van Pelt Library JL1019.A53 U64 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Underlid, Even Sandvik, author.
- Series:
- Studies in critical social sciences
- Studies in critical social sciences ; 177
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Partido Comunista de Cuba.
- Granma.
- Communism--History.
- Communism.
- History.
- Politics and government.
- Press coverage.
- Cuba--Politics and government--1959-1990.
- Cuba.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1945-1991--Press coverage.
- Soviet Union.
- Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989---Press coverage.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Politics and government--Press coverage.
- Eastern Europe.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2022.
- Summary:
- "In Cuba Was Different, Even Sandvik Underlid explores the views of Cuban authorities, official press, and Party members as they reflect back on the collapse of Soviet and Eastern European socialism. In so doing, he contributes to a better understanding as to why the Cuban system--often associated with Fidel Castro leadership--did not itself collapse. Despite the loss of its most important allies, key ideological referents, and even most of its foreign trade, Cuba did not embrace capitalism. The author critically examines and analyzes the collapse of the USSR and Eastern Europe as reported in the Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma, both as they unfolded and subsequently through the lens of additional interviews with individual Party members. This focus on Cuba's Communist Party provides new perspectives on how these events were seen from Cuba and on the notable resilience of many party members."-- back cover
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The Collapse According to Granma (1989
- 1992)
- 1. Written Sources on the Collapse
- 2. Granma and the Written News as a Method
- 3. Analyzing the News Accounts
- 4. Reflections on the Written News
- pt. 2 The Collapse as Viewed by Cuban Party Members
- 5. Contextualizing the Testimonies
- 6. Oral Source Methodologies
- 7. Analysis of the Interviews
- 8. Insights from the Oral Testimonies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781642596199
- 1642596191
- OCLC:
- 1285696999
- Publisher Number:
- 99989314708
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