| Description |
xvi, 413 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: History as prologue : Cuba before the special period -- The revolutionary and political content of Fidel Castro's charismatic authority / Nelson P. Valdés -- July 26. History absolved him. Now what? / Saul Landau -- "The Cuban nation's single party" : the Communist Party of Cuba faces the future / William M. LeoGrande -- Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces : last bulwark of the state! Last bulwark of the revolution? / Hal Klepak -- On Cuban democracy : Cuba and the democratic culture / Rafael Hernández -- Successes and failures of a decentralizing experience : Cuba's local governments / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso, Gerardo González Núñez -- Society, civil society, and the state : an uneasy three-way affair / Damian J. Fernández -- Cuba poll : the findings / Mimi Whitefield, Mary Beth Sheridan -- Cuba's Catholic dissident : the saga of Oswald Payá / Tim Padgett -- Development as an unfinished affair : Cuba after the "great adjustment" of the 1990s / Pedro Monreal -- The Cuban economy : amid economic stagnation and reversal of reforms / Mauricio de Miranda Parrondo -- Cutting losses : Cuba downsizes its sugar industry / Philip Peters -- The political economy of leisure / Marguerite Rose Jiménez -- Going against the grain : agricultural crisis and transformation / Minor Sinclair, Martha Thompson -- Vale todo : in Cuba's Paladares, everything is prohibited but anything goes / Ted Henken -- Dollarization and its discontents in the post-Soviet era / Susan Eckstein -- Neoliberalism, global inequality, and irreparable destruction of our natural habitat : message to the 11th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development / Fidel Castro Ruz -- Cuba and the Pax Americana / Jorge I. Domínguez -- Cuba's counter-hegemonic strategy / H. Michael Erisman -- Like Sisyphus's stone : U.S.-Cuban relations in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 / Soraya M. Castro Mariño -- Advancing the day when Cuba will be free / Daniel W. Fisk -- Fidel's final victory / Julia E. Sweig -- Wanted : a logical Cuba policy / Wayne S. Smith -- The Cuban Five and the U.S. War Against Terror / Leonard Weinglass -- The European Union's perception of Cuba : from frustration to irritation / Joaquín Roy -- Sleeping with an elephant / Peter McKenna, John M. Kirk -- Cuban Americans and their transnational ties / Susan Eckstein, Loreen Barbeira -- In the shadow of plenty, Cuba copes with a crippled health care system / Robin C. Williams -- Social impact of the economic measures / Mirén Uriarte -- Cuban youth : aspirations, social perceptions, and identity / María Isabel Domínguez -- The Cuban education system : lessons and dilemmas / Lavinia Gasperini -- Early childhood education in revolutionary Cuba during the special period / Margo Kirk -- Heroines of the special period / María López Vigil -- The status of Cuban women : from economically dependent to independent / Raisa Pagés -- Recreating racism : race and discrimination in Cuba's special period / Alejandro del al Fuente -- The status of gays in Cuba : myth and reality / Larry R. Oberg -- Civil society and religion in Cuba : past, present, and future / Margaret E. Crahan -- There is no homeland without virtue / Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino -- A Black woman from Cuba, that's all : an interview with Nancy Morejón / Nancy Morejón, John M. Kirk -- Living and creating in Cuba : risks and challenges / Leonardo Padura Fuentes -- Visions of dollars dance before Cuban artists' eyes / Maria Finn -- Ballet : split with Cuba still brings pain / Enrique Fernándex -- Cuban cinema / Michael Chanan -- Two songs / Carlos Varela -- From the heart of Cuba, a love song for the Crescent City / David Cázares -- Rap and revolution : hip-hop comes to Cuba / Margot Olavarria -- Home-grown virtuosos / Howard Reich -- The dual role of sports / Paula Pettavino, Philip Brenner -- The Cuban media / María López Vigil. |
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The revolutionary and political content of Fidel Castro's charismatic authority / Nelson P. Valdés -- July 26. History absolved him. Now what? / Saul Landau -- "The Cuban nation's single party" : the Communist Party of Cuba faces the future / William M. LeoGrande -- Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces : last bulwark of the state! Last bulwark of the revolution? / Hal Klepak -- On Cuban democracy : Cuba and the democratic culture / Rafael Hernández -- Successes and failures of a decentralizing experience : Cuba's local governments / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso, Gerardo González Núñez -- Society, civil society, and the state : an uneasy three-way affair / Damian J. Fernández -- Cuba poll : the findings / Mimi Whitefield, Mary Beth Sheridan -- Cuba's Catholic dissident : the saga of Oswald Payá / Tim Padgett -- |
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Development as an unfinished affair : Cuba after the "great adjustment" of the 1990s / Pedro Monreal -- The Cuban economy : amid economic stagnation and reversal of reforms / Mauricio de Miranda Parrondo -- Cutting losses : Cuba downsizes its sugar industry / Philip Peters -- The political economy of leisure / Marguerite Rose Jiménez -- Going against the grain : agricultural crisis and transformation / Minor Sinclair, Martha Thompson -- Vale todo : in Cuba's Paladares, everything is prohibited but anything goes / Ted Henken -- Dollarization and its discontents in the post-Soviet era / Susan Eckstein -- Neoliberalism, global inequality, and irreparable destruction of our natural habitat : message to the 11th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development / Fidel Castro Ruz -- Cuba and the Pax Americana / Jorge I. Domínguez -- Cuba's counter-hegemonic strategy / H. Michael Erisman -- Like Sisyphus's stone : U.S.-Cuban relations in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 / Soraya M. Castro Mariño -- Advancing the day when Cuba will be free / Daniel W. Fisk -- Fidel's final victory / Julia E. Sweig -- Wanted : a logical Cuba policy / Wayne S. Smith -- The Cuban Five and the U.S. War Against Terror / Leonard Weinglass -- The European Union's perception of Cuba : from frustration to irritation / Joaquín Roy -- Sleeping with an elephant / Peter McKenna, John M. Kirk -- Cuban Americans and their transnational ties / Susan Eckstein, Loreen Barbeira -- |
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In the shadow of plenty, Cuba copes with a crippled health care system / Robin C. Williams -- Social impact of the economic measures / Mirén Uriarte -- Cuban youth : aspirations, social perceptions, and identity / María Isabel Domínguez -- The Cuban education system : lessons and dilemmas / Lavinia Gasperini -- Early childhood education in revolutionary Cuba during the special period / Margo Kirk -- Heroines of the special period / María López Vigil -- The status of Cuban women : from economically dependent to independent / Raisa Pagés -- Recreating racism : race and discrimination in Cuba's special period / Alejandro del al Fuente -- The status of gays in Cuba : myth and reality / Larry R. Oberg -- Civil society and religion in Cuba : past, present, and future / Margaret E. Crahan -- There is no homeland without virtue / Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino -- A Black woman from Cuba, that's all : an interview with Nancy Morejón / Nancy Morejón, John M. Kirk -- Living and creating in Cuba : risks and challenges / Leonardo Padura Fuentes -- Visions of dollars dance before Cuban artists' eyes / Maria Finn -- Ballet : split with Cuba still brings pain / Enrique Fernándex -- Cuban cinema / Michael Chanan -- Two songs / Carlos Varela -- From the heart of Cuba, a love song for the Crescent City / David Cázares -- Rap and revolution : hip-hop comes to Cuba / Margot Olavarria -- Home-grown virtuosos / Howard Reich -- The dual role of sports / Paula Pettavino, Philip Brenner -- The Cuban media / María López Vigil. |
| Subject |
Cuba -- History -- 1990-
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| Added Author |
Brenner, Philip.
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| ISBN |
9780742555068 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742555062 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780742555075 paperback alkaline paper |
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0742555070 paperback alkaline paper |
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