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Cuba: New Beginnings

Posted on June 20th, 2016

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With the recent thawing of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, many have taken a renewed interest in Cuba.  These materials explore the history, culture, and famous people of this island nation in the Caribbean.

 

Famous People


Fernando Alonso: The Father of Cuban Ballet

GV1785.A634 S56 2013

Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiographybook cover image
F1788.22.C3 A513 2008x

La Belle Créole: The Cuban Countess Who
Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris

DP202.M5 G37 2014

Azúcar!: The Biography of Celia Cruz
ML420.C957 M3713 2004

Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist
QC774.A49 A3 1987

Culture


Art Cuba

N6603.2 .A78 2001x

Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba
ML3917.C9 M66 2006

Trumpets in the Mountains: Theater and the Politics of National Culture in Cuba
PN2401 .F74 2012

Book Cover ImageCuban Ballet
GV1632.C9 R64 2010

The Island Called Paradise: Cuba in History, Literature, and the Arts
F1760 .B45 2014

Origins of Cuban Music and Dance: Changüí
ML3486.C82 L37 2008


U.S. Foreign Relations

 

Failed Sanctions: Why the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba Could Never Work
HF1500.5.U6 S63 2010

The Future of U.S. Economic Relations: Mexico, Cuba, and Venezuela
HF1456.5.M6 F88 2013Book Cover Image

The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawaii
G155.C9 S56 2010

The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs
F1788 .R275 2011

Breaking up with Cuba: The Dissolution of Friendly Relations Between Washington and Havana, 1956-1961
E183.8.C9 S67 2011

History


Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971

F1788 .G755 2012

A History of the Cuban Revolution
F1788 .C465 2011

Book Cover ImageThe Structure of Cuban History: Meanings and Purpose of the Past
F1760 .P473 2013

Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution
F1765.3 .R63 2004

Exile and Revolution: José D. Poyo, Key West, and Cuban Independence
F1783.P77 P69 2014

 

 

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