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UNINA9910827463603321 |
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Autore |
Batrell Ricardo <b. 1880.> |
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A black soldier's story [[electronic resource] ] : the narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence / / Ricardo Batrell ; edited and translated by Mark A. Sanders |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Black people - Cuba |
Soldiers - Cuba |
Cuba History Revolution, 1895-1898 Personal narratives |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translation of: Para la historia : apuntes autobiográficos de la vida de Ricardo Batrell Oviedo. Habana : Seoane y Alvarez, impresores, 1912. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban Racial Narrative: An Introduction to A Black Soldier's Story; A Note on Translation and Editing; A Black Soldier's Story; Looking for Ricardo Batrell in Havana: An Appendix Essay; Acknowledgments; Translator's Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1896, an illiterate, fifteen-year-old Afro-Cuban field hand joined the rebel army fighting for Cuba's independence. Though poor and uneducated, Ricardo Batrell believed in the promise of Cuba Libre, the vision of a democratic and egalitarian nation that inspired the Cuban War of Independence. After the war ended in 1898, Batrell taught himself to read and write and published a memoir of his wartime experiences, Para la Historia . Originally published in 1912-the same year in which the Cuban government massacred more than 5,000 Afro-Cubans-this work of both protest and patriotism is the only |
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