The Free Flag of Cuba

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Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807128343
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (283 download)

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Book Synopsis The Free Flag of Cuba by : Orville Vernon Burton

Download or read book The Free Flag of Cuba written by Orville Vernon Burton and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wife of South Carolina secessionist governor Francis W. Pickens and known as the “Queen of the Confederacy,” Lucy Holcombe Pickens (1832–1899) was during her lifetime one of the most famous women in the South. Rumor was that in her youth she published a novel under a pseudonym. Recently discovered as The Free Flag of Cuba; or, The Martyrdom of Lopez: A Tale of the Liberating Expedition of 1851, her 1854 book is a romanticized account of the 1851 filibustering expedition to Cuba by Narciso López. With this new edition, Orville Vernon Burton and Georganne B. Burton resurrect Holcombe’s lost work and prove it to be a window on many pressing nineteenth-century issues. A not-so-subtle plea for U.S. support for Cuban independence from Spain, Holcombe’s novel vindicates López and his men—who were officially regarded as mercenaries—and declares them to be martyred heroes. The tale clearly reflects the values southern aristocratic women expected in men, even if preserving those values meant death and defeat—a harbinger of ardent support for the Confederacy by women like Lucy. With an illuminating introduction detailing the life of Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens and the historical context of her novel, this new edition of The Free Flag of Cuba is a welcome glimpse into the mind and value system of the southern belle who would become a southern icon.

Slave Emancipation In Cuba

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Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822972166
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Slave Emancipation In Cuba written by Rebecca J. Scott and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slave Emancipation in Cuba is the classic study of the end of slavery in Cuba. Rebecca J. Scott explores the dynamics of Cuban emancipation, arguing that slavery was not simply abolished by the metropolitan power of Spain or abandoned because of economic contradictions. Rather, slave emancipation was a prolonged, gradual and conflictive process unfolding through a series of social, legal, and economic transformations.Scott demonstrates that slaves themselves helped to accelerate the elimination of slavery. Through flight, participation in nationalist insurgency, legal action, and self-purchase, slaves were able to force the issue, helping to dismantle slavery piece by piece. With emancipation, former slaves faced transformed, but still very limited, economic options. By the end of the nineteenth-century, some chose to join a new and ultimately successful rebellion against Spanish power. In a new afterword, prepared for this edition, the author reflects on the complexities of postemancipation society, and on recent developments in historical methodology that make it possible to address these questions in new ways.

Free Cuba

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Total Pages : 684 pages
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Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501154575
Total Pages : 435 pages
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Book Synopsis Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) by : Ada Ferrer

Download or read book Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) written by Ada Ferrer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued—through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country’s future. Meanwhile, politics in Washington—Barack Obama’s opening to the island, Donald Trump’s reversal of that policy, and the election of Joe Biden—have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an “important” (The Guardian) and moving chronicle that demands a new reckoning with both the island’s past and its relationship with the United States. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Along the way, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between the two countries, documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This is a story that will give Americans unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and, in so doing, help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba; “readers will close [this] fascinating book with a sense of hope” (The Economist). Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States—as well as the author’s own extensive travel to the island over the same period—this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.

The Establishment of Free Government in Cuba

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Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book The Establishment of Free Government in Cuba written by United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019974081X
Total Pages : 305 pages
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Book Synopsis Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know by : Julia E Sweig

Download or read book Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know written by Julia E Sweig and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-06-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba in 1959, Americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the Florida Keys. America's fixation on the tropical socialist republic has only grown over the years, fueled in part by successive waves of Cuban immigration and Castro's larger-than-life persona. Cubans are now a major ethnic group in Florida, and the exile community is so powerful that every American president has kowtowed to it. But what do most Americans really know about Cuba itself? In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia Sweig, one of America's leading experts on Cuba and Latin America, presents a concise and remarkably accessible portrait of the small island nation's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years. Yet it is authoritative as well. Following a scene-setting introduction that describes the dynamics unleashed since summer 2006 when Fidel Castro transferred provisional power to his brother Raul, the book looks backward toward Cuba's history since the Spanish American War before shifting to more recent times. Focusing equally on Cuba's role in world affairs and its own social and political transformations, Sweig divides the book chronologically into the pre-Fidel era, the period between the 1959 revolution and the fall of the Soviet Union, the post-Cold War era, and-finally-the looming post-Fidel era. Informative, pithy, and lucidly written, it will serve as the best compact reference on Cuba's internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.

Cuba, Hot and Cold

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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816535868
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Cuba, Hot and Cold by : Tom Miller

Download or read book Cuba, Hot and Cold written by Tom Miller and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of renowned travel writer Tom Miller's best musings on the history and culture of Cuba"--Provided by publisher.

Report of the Commission on a Free Cuba

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Total Pages : 304 pages
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Book Synopsis Report of the Commission on a Free Cuba by : Florida. Commission on a Free Cuba

Download or read book Report of the Commission on a Free Cuba written by Florida. Commission on a Free Cuba and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Epic of Cuba Libre

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ISBN 13 : 9780813948157
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Epic of Cuba Libre written by Éric Morales-Franceschini and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exposition and analysis of how the legend of the Cuban freedom fighter has been retold and manifested in Cuban literature, film, public monuments, and even its national currency"--

Free Cuba

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Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781378355046
Total Pages : 686 pages
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Book Synopsis Free Cuba by : Juan Guiteras

Download or read book Free Cuba written by Juan Guiteras and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Free Cuba

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Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781377861630
Total Pages : 682 pages
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Book Synopsis Free Cuba by : Gonzalo de Quesada

Download or read book Free Cuba written by Gonzalo de Quesada and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Free Cuba

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259996774
Total Pages : 680 pages
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Download or read book Free Cuba written by Rafael Maria Merchan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Free Cuba: Her Oppression, Struggle for Liberty, History, and Present Condition, With the Causes and Justification of the Present War for Independence; The History of the War In the course of the seventeenth century Havana became the great rendezvous for the gold ships of Spain, and the commercial centre of the Spanish possessions in America. One of the results of the wars in which Spain was incessantly involved during this period, was the practical extinction of sugar and tobacco culture at home, and their increased development in Cuba. Yet these same wars severely afi'ected the prosperity of the island, and materially retarded its progress. After the destruction of the Armada, in 1588, the maritime power of Spain steadily declined, and the capture of her treasure fleet by the Dutch in 1628, and the destruction of her naval fleet in the Downs, left her West Indian colonies without other protection than their own walls and fortresses afl'orded. About this time the abritrary decree that the colonists should restrict their commerce with Spain to the port of Seville - the monopoly of which the needy govern ment had sold - gave rise to an extensive smuggling trams, very profitable to the colonists and the foreign adventurers who carried it on. The neighboring. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Free Cuba

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Total Pages : 635 pages
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Book Synopsis Free Cuba by : Rafael María Merchán

Download or read book Free Cuba written by Rafael María Merchán and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Year of the Lash

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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820340685
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Book Synopsis The Year of the Lash by : Michele Reid-Vazquez

Download or read book The Year of the Lash written by Michele Reid-Vazquez and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michele Reid-Vazquez reveals the untold story of the strategies of negotia­tion used by free blacks in the aftermath of the “Year of the Lash”—a wave of repression in Cuba that had great implications for the Atlantic World in the next two decades. At dawn on June 29, 1844, a firing squad in Havana executed ten accused ringleaders of the Conspiracy of La Escalera, an alleged plot to abolish slavery and colonial rule in Cuba. The condemned men represented prominent members of Cuba's free community of African descent, including the acclaimed poet Plácido (Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés). In an effort to foster a white majority and curtail black rebellion, Spanish colonial authorities also banished, imprisoned, and exiled hundreds of free blacks, dismantled the militia of color, and accelerated white immigration projects. Scholars have debated the existence of the Conspiracy of La Escalera for over a century, yet little is known about how those targeted by the violence responded. Drawing on archival material from Cuba, Mexico, Spain, and the United States, Reid-Vazquez provides a critical window into under­standing how free people of color challenged colonial policies of terror and pursued justice on their own terms using formal and extralegal methods. Whether rooted in Cuba or cast into the Atlantic World, free men and women of African descent stretched and broke colonial expectations of their codes of conduct locally and in exile. Their actions underscored how black agency, albeit fragmented, worked to destabilize repression's impact.

Havana Before Castro

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Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 142360993X
Total Pages : 257 pages
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Download or read book Havana Before Castro written by Peter Moruzzi and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a trip to the golden age of Havana in this gorgeously illustrated volume of vintage photographs, postcards, brochures, and other ephemera. Featuring hundreds of historic images and cultural artifacts, Havana Before Castro documents how the Cuban capital evolved from a Prohibition Era getaway destination to a heady blend of glittering nightclubs, outrageous cabarets, all-night bars, and backstreet brothels. Here, captured in one amazing book, is the drama, passion, intrigue, and opulence of a legendary city during its heyday—before the Castro regime took over and Americans were banned from travel to this tropical paradise. In chapters covering such topics as Cuban rum and cigars, the world-famous Tropicana Club, and Havana’s association with the mob, author Peter Moruzzi provides essential historical context for the many fascinating and evocative images.

Free Cuba

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Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781341393280
Total Pages : 682 pages
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Book Synopsis Free Cuba by : Gonzalo de Quesada

Download or read book Free Cuba written by Gonzalo de Quesada and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Visions of Power in Cuba

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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807835633
Total Pages : 489 pages
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Download or read book Visions of Power in Cuba written by Lillian Guerra and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the hearts of Cuba's six million citizens. In Visions of Power in Cuba, Lillian Gue