Cuba Between Reform and Revolution

by Pérez, Louis A.

• ISBN13: 9780195179125
• ISBN10: 0195179129
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Spanning the history of the island from pre-Columbian times to the present, this highly acclaimed survey examines Cuba's political and economic development within the context of its international relations and continuing struggle for self-determination. The dualism that emerged in Cubanideology--between liberal constructs of patria and radical formulations of nationality--is fully investigated as a source of both national tension and competing notions of liberty, equality, and justice. Perez integrates local and provincial developments with issues of class, race, and gender togive readers a full and fascinating account of Cuba's history, focusing on its struggle for nationality. This third edition features the latest research on Cuba, including a new chapter on post-Cold War Cuba that covers the years 1995 through 2004. The political chronology has been revised and updated and the extensive bibliography has been both condensed, where necessary, and expanded to highlightthe scholarship of the past decade. The book now features photographs throughout and five maps.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition	ix
Preface to the Second Edition	xi
Preface to the First Edition	xii
Geography and Pre-Columbian Peoples	1	(14)
Colony and Society	15	(23)
Out from the Shadows	38	(16)
Transformation and Transition	54	(23)
Reform and Revolution in the Colony	77	(20)
Between Wars	97	(21)
Revolution and Intervention	118	(27)
The Structure of the Republic	145	(28)
Reform and Revolution in the Republic	173	(37)
The Eclipse of Old Cuba	210	(27)
Between the Old and the New	237	(20)
Socialist Cuba	257	(34)
Cuba in the Post--Cold War World	291	(40)
Political Chronology	331	(16)
Selective Guide to the Literature	347	(80)
Index	427