How things fall apart : what happened to the Cuban revolution / Elizabeth Dore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dore, Elizabeth, author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuba--Social conditions--1990-.

Cuba.

Cuba--Economic conditions--1990-.

Cuba--Politics and government--1990-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 pages).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"In How Things Fall Apart Elizabeth Dore reveals the decay of the Cuban political system through the lives of seven ordinary Cuban citizens. Born in the 1970s and 1980s, they recount how their lives changed over a tumultuous stretch of thirty-five years: first when Fidel Castro opened the country to tourism following the fall of the Soviet bloc; then when Rau̹l Castro allowed market forces to operate; and finally when President Trump's tightening of the US embargo combined with the COVID-19 pandemic caused economic collapse. With warmth and humanity, they describe learning to survive in an environment where a tiny minority has grown rich, the great majority has been left behind, and inequality has destroyed the very things that used to give meaning to Cubans' lives. In this book, everyday Cubans illuminate their own stories and the slow and agonizing decline of the Cuban Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Narrators

Backstory

Fidel's Fall, An Omen

The 1980s

Mario Sánchez Cortéz

Alina Rodríguez Abreu

Juan Guillard Matus

Racism

Esteban Cabrera Montes

Barbara Vegas

Fidel Castro

Pavel García Rojas

Fidel and the collapse, 1990-2006

Alejandro Espada Betancourt

Inequality, 2006-20

Raúl Castro: The General

Alejandro Espada Betancourt.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Dore, Elizabeth. How things fall apart.

ISBN:

9781478027300

1478027304

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.