Cuba
Subtitle: from Columbus to Castro and beyond
By: Jaime Suchlicki
Edition: 5th ed
Publisher: Brassey's
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Cuba -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-275) and index
Table of contents: title: The colonial years. The land and the people; title: Enter the Spaniards; title: The emerging colony; title: The foreign challenge; title: The rise of king sugar; title: Toward independence. The golden century; title: The "ever-faithful" colony rebels; title: The seeds of rebellion. The Platt Amendment republic; title: The unfinished revolution; title: The failure of reformism; title: Background to revolution; title: Castro in command. Castro's revolution; title: The decade of institutionalization; title: The revolution continues : the eighties and nineties; title: Years of crisis; title: Preparing for succession; title: Beyond Castro