9780742555075-0742555070-A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution

A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780742555075
ISBN-10: 0742555070
Author: John M. Kirk, Brenner Phillip, Marguerite Rose Jimenez, William M. Leo Grande
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback 413 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780742555075
ISBN-10: 0742555070
Author: John M. Kirk, Brenner Phillip, Marguerite Rose Jimenez, William M. Leo Grande
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback 413 pages

Summary

A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution (ISBN-13: 9780742555075 and ISBN-10: 0742555070), written by authors John M. Kirk, Brenner Phillip, Marguerite Rose Jimenez, William M. Leo Grande, was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2007. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Caribbean & West Indies (United States History, Human Geography, Social Sciences, United States, Politics & Government, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Caribbean & West Indies books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Cuba has undergone dramatic changes since the collapse of European communism. The loss of economic aid and preferential trade with the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc countries forced the Cuban government to search out new ways of organizing the domestic economy and new commercial relations in an international system dominated by market economies. The resulting economic reforms have reverberated through Cuban society and politics, recreating social inequalities unknown since the 1950s and confronting the political system with unprecedented new challenges. The resulting ferment is increasingly evident in Cuban cultural expression, and the responses to adversity and scarcity have reshaped Cuban social relations.

This anthology brings together the best recent scholarship and writing on Cuban politics, economics, foreign relations, society, and culture in the post-Soviet era, which Cubans call the "Special Period." Ideally suited for students and general readers seeking to understand contemporary Cuba, the book includes a substantive introduction setting the historical context, as well as part introductions and a chronology.

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