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Cuba : an American history / Ada Ferrer.

Ferrer, Ada, (author.).

Summary:
"In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raúl Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political future. In the United States, Barack Obama's opening to Cuba, the reversal of that policy during Donald Trump's administration, and Joseph Biden's apparent willingness to reinitiate open relations have made the nature of the historic relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. In both countries, the time is ripe for a new reckoning with Cuba's history and its relationship to the United States. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an ambitious and moving chronicle of more than five hundred years of Cuban history, reconceived and written for a moment when history itself seems up for grabs. Starting on the eve of the arrival of Columbus and ending with the 2020 US presidential election, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of modern Cuba, with its dramatic history of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Throughout, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between Cuba and its neighbor to the north, documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways Cuba has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This, then, is a story of Cuba that will also give American readers unexpected insights into the history of their own country. Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on over thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States-as well as the author's own extensive travel in Cuba over the same period-this is a stunning and monumental history of Cuba like no other"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501154553
  • ISBN: 1501154559
  • Physical Description: xi, 560 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of numbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY ; Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc., 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I. Dispatches from the first America -- II. A colony worth a kingdom -- III. An empire for slavery -- IV. ¡Cuba Livre! -- V. American interregnum -- VI. Strange republic -- VII. Republic, take two -- VIII. Origin stories -- IX. The revolution begins now! -- X. Confrontation -- XI. Hearts and minds -- XII. Departures.
Awards Note:
2022 Pulitzer Prize winner in History
Subject: Cuba > History.
Cuba > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Cuba.

Available copies

  • 23 of 24 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 972.91 FERRER (Text) 50686016092053 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 972.91 F385c (Text) 85131001793141 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library 972.91 FER (Text) 30183000964484 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 972.9 FER Nonfiction (Text) 34001001400439 Adult Area Available -
Ellwood City Area Public Library 972.91 Ferrer (Text)
Memorial: Gerald Crowley given by Don & Helen Hillman.
32102000887014 ECAM Non-Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library 972.91 FERR (Text) 36446002086729 Adult Recent Reads Available -
Gettysburg Library 972.91 FERRER (Text) 35740635769847 Nonfiction Checked Out 04/12/2024
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) 972.91 FER (Text) 92524950 GFWM Main Room Available -
Highland Community Library 972.91 FER (Text) 35610000980511 HGHM Non-Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 972.91 Ferrer History (Text) 39427103653424 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -


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