Cuba: A Short History (Cambridge History of Latin America)

Cuba: A Short History (Cambridge History of Latin America)

by Leslie Bethell (Editor)

Synopsis

Cuba: A Short History brings together four chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of The Cambridge History of Latin America to provide for scholars, students and general readers a concise history of this important island nation. Contributors, top scholars in the field, trace the political, economic, and social development of Cuba from the middle of the eighteenth century onwards. The concluding chapter, updated for this volume, considers the dilemmas and challenges that Castro's Cuba faces in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09 Mar 2009

ISBN 10: 0521436826
ISBN 13: 9780521436823
Book Overview: Four chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of the Cambridge History of Latin America trace the political, economic and social development of Cuba.

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Cuba: A Short History, edited by Leslie Bethell, is the best brief history of Cuba available. It is recommended for undergraduate classes and for readers with an interest in a nation that has had a tremendous diplomatic and cultural impact on the United States....As a general introduction, this book is commendable. Thomas Zoumaras, History