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Cuba's Military 1990-2005by Hal Klepak
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 85.00Provides an examination of the Cuban military in the context of Cuba's political and economic challenges in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, and therefore of Soviet economic, political and psychological support. This book does so by providing historical and political contexts of the development and engagement of the military. more...
The History of Cubaby Clifford L. Staten
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 16.00Cuba's history is told in eight chronological chapters in this book, from its earliest days as a Spanish colony, through its wars for independence, the US occupation in the twentieth-century, Cuba's various reform movements, Batista, the Cold War, and the so-called 'Special Period', when Cuba faced the crisis of the downfall of the Soviet Union. more...
Marylandby Inc. Weigl Publishers
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 2008; US$ 10.95Maryland: The Old Line State, is a part of the Discover America Series. Maryland celebrates the people and culture with beautiful images and engaging facts as well as describing the history, industry, environment, and sports that make this state unique. more...
Cuba in Revolutionby Antoni Kapcia
Reaktion Books 2008; US$ 28.95The recent retirement of Fidel Castro turned the world?s attention toward the tiny but prominent island nation of Cuba and the question of what its future holds. Amid all of the talk and hypothesizing, it is worth taking a moment to consider how Cuba reached this point, which is what Antoni Kapcia provides with his incisive history of Cuba since 1959. Cuba In Revolution takes the Cuban Revolution as its starting point, analyzing social change, its benefits and disadvantages, popular participation in the revolution, and the development of its ideology. Kapcia probes into Castro?s rapid rise to national leader, exploring his politics of defense and dissent as well as his contentious relationship with the United States from the beginning of... more...
Hondurasby Roger Dendinger
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 30.00Located in Central America, between Guatemala and Nicaragua, Honduras gained its independence from Spain in 1821. The majority of the country is mountainous, and its climate is subtropical. This book explores the people, culture, history, geography, environment, economy, and government of this nation. more...
Marylandby Katherine M. Doherty
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 35.00To understand how the United States came together as a nation, students must first acquaint themselves with the original 13 colonies - and how each of these colonies followed its own path to the ratification of the Constitution. Each book in this set highlights the people, places, and events that were important to the development of each colony. more...
CultureShock! Cubaby Mark Cramer; Marcus Cramer
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 11.17With over three million copies in print, CultureShock! is a dynamic and indispensable range of guides covering countless destinations around the world. The series is especially intended for travellers who are looking to truly understand the countries they are visiting and who might even consider residing there. more...
The Myth of José Martíby Lillian Guerra
The University of North Carolina Press 2005; US$ 78.95Tracing the Cubans' struggle to determine their identity and their state, this text argues that political violence and competing interpretations of the "social unity" proposed by revolutionary patriot Jose Marti, reveal conflicting visions of the nation and explain why polarity came to define Cuban politics through the 20th century. more...
Essays in Cuban Intellectual Historyby R. Rojas
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 80.00Well known essayist Rafael Rojas presents a collection of his best work, one that focuses on--and offers alternatives to--the central myths that have organized Cuban culture from the nineteenth century to the present. Topics covered include José Martí, Fernando Ortiz, and broader concepts of diaspora and memory in the Cuban literary canon. more...
Dialogues in Cuban Archaeologyby L. Antonio Curet; Lourdes Dominguez; Samuel M. Wilson; Roberto Valcarcel Rojas; David R. Watters; Mary J. Berman; Gabino La Rosa Corzo; Jorge Ulloa Hung; Jorge Febles; Perry L. Gnivecki; Pedro Pablo Godo Torres; Marlene S. Linville; Cesar A. Rodriguez-Arce; Theresa A. Singleton; Ramon D. Moure; Shannon Lee Dawdy; Gabino La Rosa Corzo; Gabino La Rosa Corzo
The University of Alabama Press 2008; US$ 21.56Provides a politically and historically informed review of Cuban archaeology, from both American and Cuban perspectives. Many Americans are aware of the political, economic, and personal impacts of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. But the communication blockade between scholars has also affected the historical course of academic disciplines and research in general. With the easing of restrictions in the 1990s, academics are now freer to conduct research in Cuba, and the Cuban government has been more receptive to collaborative projects. This volume provides a forum for the principal Cuban and American archaeologists to update the current state of Cuban archaeological research--from rock art and potsherds to mortuary practices and... more...