Cuba in the world, the world in Cuba essays on Cuban history, politics and culture

"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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lorini, Alessandra, 1949- editor (editor), Basosi, Duccio, 1974- editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Firenze : Firenze University Press 2009.
Colección:Open Research Library ebooks.
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca ; 91.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44541843*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Cuba in the world, the world in Cuba / A. Lorini, D. Basosi
  • The making of the Cuban Republic : from slavery to a raceless nation
  • Science and technology in Cuba : from colony to revolution
  • Conflicting political cultures : from the first US occupation to revolution
  • Transforming urban space : La Habana as a case study
  • Examples of the transnational dimension of cuban culture : a poet, a painter, some musicians
  • Cuba and the international scene of the Cold War : the african case
  • The contemporary scene : cuban strategies for the 21st century.