Title:
The history of Cuba / Clifford L. Staten.
Author:
Staten, Clifford L.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC 2015.
Call Number:
F1788 .S695 2015
Abstract:
"A thorough examination of the history of Cuba, focusing primarily on the period from the revolution in 1959 to the present day"-- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781610698412
Series:
The Greenwood histories of the modern nations
Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
Physical Description:
xvii, 198 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
"This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Cuba and its people -- Colonialism, sugar, and nationalism: Cuba to 1868 -- The Wars of Independence and U.S. occupation: 1868 to 1902 -- U.S. dominance, the failure of reform, and the rise of Batista: 1902 to 1952 -- The fall of Batista: 1952-1959 -- Revolution, the new socialist man, and Cold War: 1959 to 1970 -- Economic change, institutionalization, internationalism, and the Cold War:1970 to the end of the Cold War -- Post-cold war Cuba to Fidel's Farewell -- Cuba in transition.
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