Kuba

* Choice 1987 Outstanding Academic Book This book examines the early years of the Cuban Republic, launched in 1902 after the war with Spain. Although no longer a colony, the …

Tobacco and sugar have made the history, the character, and the economy of Cuba. In this entertaining book, packed with fascinating lore, scholarship in its most humane form, and …

"e;A beautifully photographed documentary . . . and a history of the island's intertwined politics and passion for cars."e; -San Francisco ChronicleSilver Medal Winner, …

A historically based, first-hand report of contemporary homosexuality in Cuban society and culture

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 …

The Times Literary Supplement calls Louis A. Perez Jr. "e;the foremost historian of Cuba writing in English."e; In this new edition of his acclaimed 1990 volume, he brings …

The closest we've ever come to the end of the world"e;DEFCON-2 is the best single volume on the Cuban Missile Crisis published and is an important contribution to the history …

This book explores the fifty additional patterns and meanings contributed by ten orishas closely associated with the orisha, Obi. One of the paths to the spirits within Santeria is …

As a U.S.-born journalist who has called Havana home for almost a quarter century, Mark Frank has observed in person the best days of the revolution, the fall of the Soviet bloc, …

Starting in the early part of the nineteenth century, American administrations expressed a desire to own Cuba. A rationale for adding Cuba to the territory of the United States …