{"product_id":"cuba-libre-isbn-9780882952468","title":"Cuba Libre","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a work intended as concise supplementary reading for undergraduates, in the general pattern of Harlan Davidson’s American and European History Series, Paul Dosal’s Cuba Libre is a smashing success—relating the fascinating history of the island nation in 150 pages of lively narrative—one that will set the tone for the volumes to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn its selection of facts and figures and steadily paced storyline, this succinct history of Cuba, from first contact with Europeans to the present, will appeal to students and instructors alike as interesting and informative reading for the Latin American and World History surveys, as well as specialized courses in Cuban history of Latin American-U.S. relations.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEditor’s Foreword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter One: The Key to the New World, 1492-1825 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConquest and Colonization 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternational Rivalry in the Caribbean 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe British Occupation of Havana 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of Cuban Nationalism 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Two: The Wars for Independence, 1825-1898 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSugar and Slavery 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ten Years War, 1868-1878 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween Wars, 1878-1895 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cuban War for Independence, 1895-1898 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Three: The First Republic, 1898-1934 42\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of the First Republic, 1902-1933 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dance of the Millions 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCubanidad 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Revolution of 1933 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Four: The Second Republic, 1934-1958 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of the Second Republic, 1934-1952 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Batistato, 1952-1958 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmericanization and Cubanidad 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Insurrection 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Five: The Revolution: 1959-1970 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsolidating the Revolution, 1959-1960 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining the Revolution, 1960-1961 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefending the Revolution, 1961-1962 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolution with Pachanga; 1963-1970 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Six: The Last Revolutionary: 1970-2005 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Institutional Revolution, 1970-1980 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace and Culture in Revolutionary Cuba 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in Revolutionary Cuba 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Special Period, 1990-2005 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresent-day Cuba, Library of Congress, g4920 ct 000515 (front endsheet)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpanish Ameica, circa 1800 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuba Missile Locations, 1962 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral America and the Caribbean, Library of Congress, g4800 ct 000857a (back endsheet)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhotographs follow page 62\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul J. Dosal,\u003c\/b\u003e born and raised in Tampa is a fourth-generation Cuban American, a descendant of the cigar makers who founded Ybor City in the late nineteenth century. He received his Ph.D. in History from Tulane University in 1987 and taught at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (1987-95) before returning to his home town to teach at the University of South Florida. He has published \u003ci\u003eDoing Business with the Dictators: A Political History of the United Fruit Company in Guatemala, 1899-1944\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003ePower in Transition: The Rise of Guatemala’s Industrial Oligarchy, 1871-1994\u003c\/i\u003e (1995); and \u003ci\u003eComandante Che: Guerrilla Soldier, Commander, and Strategist, 1956-1967\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Latin American Civilization, Revolutions in Latin America, Cuba, and United States Relations with Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989011185893,"sku":"NP9780882952468","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780882952468.jpg?v=1761782422","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/cuba-libre-isbn-9780882952468","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}