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Cuba : an American history / Ada Ferrer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; London : Scribner, 2021Edition: First Scribner hardcover editionDescription: xi, 560 pages : 16 unnumbered leaves of numbered plates illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781501154553
  • 1501154559
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 972.91 23
LOC classification:
  • F1776 .F397 2021
Contents:
I. Dispatches from the first America -- II. A colony worth a kingdom -- III. An empire for slavery -- IV. ¡Cuba Livre! -- V. American interregnum -- VI. Strange republic -- VII. Republic, take two -- VIII. Origin stories -- IX. The revolution begins now! -- X. Confrontation -- XI. Hearts and minds -- Epilogue.
Summary: "In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raaul Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political future. In the United States, Barack Obama's opening to Cuba, the reversal of that policy during Donald Trump'sadministration, and Joseph Biden's apparent willingness to reinitiate open relations have made the nature of the historic relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. In both countries, the time is ripe for a new reckoning with Cuba's history and its relationship to the United States. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an ambitious and moving chronicle of more than five hundred years of Cuban history, reconceived and written for a moment when history itself seems up for grabs. Starting on the eve of the arrival of Columbus and ending with the 2020 US presidential election, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of modern Cuba, with its dramatic history of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Throughout, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between Cuba and its neighbor to the north, documenting not only the influence of the UnitedStates on Cuba but also the many ways Cuba has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This, then, is a story of Cuba that will also give American readers unexpected insights into the history of their own country. Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on over thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States-as well as the author's own extensive travel in Cuba over the same period-this is a stunning and monumental history of Cuba like no other"--
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Craigmont Community Library (Prairie River Library Dist) Non-Fiction 972.91 Fer (Browse shelf(Opens below)) In transit from Craigmont Community Library (Prairie River Library Dist) to Winchester Community Library (Prairie River Library Dist) since 05/29/2024 31853021161240 3
Book Book Lewiston City Library Adult Non-Fiction HISTORY HISTORY CARIBBEAN CUBA Ferrer (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31853020932336
Total holds: 3

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Dispatches from the first America -- II. A colony worth a kingdom -- III. An empire for slavery -- IV. ¡Cuba Livre! -- V. American interregnum -- VI. Strange republic -- VII. Republic, take two -- VIII. Origin stories -- IX. The revolution begins now! -- X. Confrontation -- XI. Hearts and minds -- Epilogue.

"In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raaul Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political future. In the United States, Barack Obama's opening to Cuba, the reversal of that policy during Donald Trump'sadministration, and Joseph Biden's apparent willingness to reinitiate open relations have made the nature of the historic relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. In both countries, the time is ripe for a new reckoning with Cuba's history and its relationship to the United States. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an ambitious and moving chronicle of more than five hundred years of Cuban history, reconceived and written for a moment when history itself seems up for grabs. Starting on the eve of the arrival of Columbus and ending with the 2020 US presidential election, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of modern Cuba, with its dramatic history of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Throughout, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between Cuba and its neighbor to the north, documenting not only the influence of the UnitedStates on Cuba but also the many ways Cuba has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This, then, is a story of Cuba that will also give American readers unexpected insights into the history of their own country. Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on over thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States-as well as the author's own extensive travel in Cuba over the same period-this is a stunning and monumental history of Cuba like no other"--