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Record Nr.

UNINA9910130630203321

Autore

Lorini Alessandra

Titolo

Cuba in the world, the world in Cuba : essays on Cuban history, politics and culture / / edited by Alessandra Lorini, Duccio Basosi ; with a preface by Ronald Pruessen, Rick Halpern, Max Guderzo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze University Press, 2009

Florence, Italy : , : Firenze University Press, , 2009

ISBN

9788884539625

8884539625

9788884539717

8884539714

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca ; ; 91

Disciplina

972

711

320

306

Soggetti

History of the Americas

Cuba History 19th century

Cuba History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface --Introduction: Cuba in the world, the world in Cuba --part I. The making of the Cuban republic: from slavery to a raceless nation --part II. Science and technology in Cuba: from colony to revolution --part III. Conflicting political cultures: from the first US occupation to revolution --part IV. Transforming urban space: La Habana as a case study --part V. Examples of the transnational dimension of Cuban culture: a poet, a painter, some musicians --part VI. Cuba and the international scene of the Cold War: the African case --part VII. The contemporary scene: Cuban strategies for the 21st century --List of contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

The volume approaches Cuba as a nation that hosts a convergence of extraordinary global developments and, in turn, projects itself onto the



world's major cultural, political and economic processes. From different perspectives, ranging from architecture and music to politics and economics, the twenty-one essays presented here embrace the multifaceted interactions between Cuba and foreign imperial strategies during the 19th century, the troublesome formation of national political cultures in the first half of the 20th century, and the multiple global aspects of some of Cuba's choices from the Cold War to the first decade of the present century.