Cuba : what everyone needs to know
(Book)
Author
Published
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, ©2016.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
972.91 SWEIG
1 available
972.91 SWEIG
1 available
Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction
972.91 SWEIG
1 available
972.91 SWEIG
1 available
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
---|---|---|
Central - Adult Nonfiction | 972.91 SWEIG | Available |
Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction | 972.91 SWEIG | Available |
Description
Loading Description...
More Details
Published
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, ©2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxx, 344 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-319) and index.
Description
Ever since Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba in 1959, Americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the Florida Keys. America's fixation on the tropical socialist republic has only grown over the years, fueled in part by successive waves of Cuban immigration and Castro's larger-than-life persona. Cubans are now a major ethnic group in Florida, and the exile community is so powerful that every American president has curried favor with it. But what do most Americans really know about Cuba itself? In this third edition of the widely hailed Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know(r), Julia Sweig updates her concise and remarkably accessible portrait of the small island nation. This edition contains a new foreword that discusses developments since Obama and Raul Castro announced the normalization of US-Cuba relations and restored formal diplomatic ties. A new final chapter discusses how normalization came to pass and covers Pope Francis' visit to Cuba, where he met with Fidel and Raul Castro. Expansive in coverage and authoritative in scope, the book looks back over Cuba's history since the Spanish American War before shifting to recent times. Focusing equally on Cuba's role in world affairs and its own social and political transformations, Sweig divides the book chronologically into the pre-Fidel era, the period between the 1959 revolution and the fall of the Soviet Union, the post-Cold War era, and -- finally -- the post-Fidel era. Informative, pithy, and lucidly written, it is the best compact reference on Cuba's internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sweig, J. (2016). Cuba: what everyone needs to know (Third editon.). Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sweig, Julia. 2016. Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sweig, Julia. Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know Oxford University Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sweig, Julia. Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know Third editon., Oxford University Press, 2016.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Loading Staff View.