1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462547703321

Autore

Román Reinaldo L. <1970->

Titolo

Governing spirits [[electronic resource] ] : religion, miracles, and spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956 / / Reinaldo L. Román

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8078-8894-X

1-4696-0468-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

200.97291/09041

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Cuba Religion

Cuba Religious life and customs

Puerto Rico Religion

Puerto Rico Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Governing man-gods in Cuba : Hilario Mustelier and Juan Manso -- Governing saints in Puerto Rico : Elenita and the Hermanos Cheos -- Governing witchcraft : journalists and brujos in Republican Cuba -- Self-governing spirits : la Samaritana and Puerto Rico's espiriteros -- Managing miracles in Batista's Cuba : la estigmatizada and clavelito -- Managing miracles in the Commonwealth : the virgin visits Sabana Grande -- Epilogue: The Chupacabras : discourses and social action.

Sommario/riassunto

Freedom of religion did not come easily to Cuba or Puerto Rico. Only after the arrival of American troops during the Spanish-American War were non-Catholics permitted to practice their religions openly and to proselytize. When government efforts to ensure freedom of worship began, reformers on both islands rejoiced, believing that an era of regeneration and modernization was upon them. But as new laws went into effect, critics voiced their dismay at the rise of popular religions. Reinaldo L. Roman explores the changing relationship between regulators and practitioners in neocolonial Cuba and P



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820158303321

Autore

Snyder Sarah B. <1977->

Titolo

Human rights activism and the end of the Cold War : a transnational history of the Helsinki network / / Sarah B. Snyder [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-22006-8

1-139-06353-7

1-283-12728-8

1-139-07587-X

9786613127280

1-139-08270-1

1-139-07013-4

1-139-08043-1

1-139-07813-5

0-511-85196-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Human rights in history

Classificazione

HIS037070

Disciplina

323.09/047

Soggetti

Human rights

Human rights advocacy

Cold War

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Bridging the East-West divide: the Helsinki Final Act negotiations -- 2. "A sort of lifeline": the Helsinki Commission -- 3. Even in a Yakutian village: Helsinki monitoring in Moscow and beyond -- 4. Follow-up at Belgrade: the United States transforms the Helsinki process -- 5. Helsinki watch, the IHF, and the transnational campaign for human rights in Eastern Europe -- 6. Human rights in East-West diplomacy -- "A debate in the fox den about raising chickens": the Moscow conference proposal -- 8. 'Perhaps without you, our revolution would not be."

Sommario/riassunto

Two of the most pressing questions facing international historians



today are how and why the Cold War ended. Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War explores how, in the aftermath of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, a transnational network of activists committed to human rights in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe made the topic a central element in East-West diplomacy. As a result, human rights eventually became an important element of Cold War diplomacy and a central component of détente. Sarah B. Snyder demonstrates how this network influenced both Western and Eastern governments to pursue policies that fostered the rise of organized dissent in Eastern Europe, freedom of movement for East Germans and improved human rights practices in the Soviet Union - all factors in the end of the Cold War.