The Cuba Reader: History Culture Politics (The Latin America Readers)

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Tracking Cuban history from 1492 to the present The Cuba Reader includes more than one hundred selections that present myriad perspectives on Cubas history culture and politics. The volume foregrounds the experience of Cubans from all walks of life including slaves prostitutes doctors activists and historians. Combining songs poetry fiction journalism political speeches and many other types of documents this revised and updated second edition of The Cuba Reader contains over twenty new selections that explore the changes and continuities in Cuba since Fidel Castro stepped down from power in 2006. For students travelers and all those who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of Florida The Cuba Reader is an invaluable introduction.