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  Cubans in Puerto Rico

Ethnic Economy and Cultural Identity

José A. Cobas and Jorge Duany

First detailed portrait of Cubans in Puerto Rico and their role as an elite minority.

1997. 176 pp. 24 tables, notes, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1499-9 Cloth, $49.95

 

Essays on Cuban History

Historiography and Research

Louis A. Pérez, Jr.

"A valuable guide to understanding the basis of Cuban nationalism and its impact upon historical writing."—Florida Historical Quarterly

1995. 320 pp. Notes, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1329-1 Cloth, $49.95

 

Cuba at a Crossroads

Politics and Economics after the Fourth Party Congress

Jorge F. Pérez-López, editor

"No other source provides such rich detail or insightful analysis of the breadth of change that, since 1989, is inexorably altering Cuban economy and society."—Choice

1994. 300 pp. Tables, notes, references, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1310-0 Cloth, $49.95

 

Cuban Studies Since the Revolution

Damián J. Fernández, editor

"Extremely useful."—Latin American Studies

1992. 325 pp. Notes, references, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1124-8 Cloth, $49.95

 

Children of Colonial Despotism

Press, Politics, and Culture in Cuba, 1790-1840

Larry R. Jensen

"The most informed and stimulating study of Cuban political culture . . . that I have read."—Franklin W. Knight, The Johns Hopkins University

1988. 229 pp. Notes, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-0868-9 Cloth, $49.95

 

NEW!

Fleeing Castro

Operation Pedro Pan and the Cuban Children’s Program

Victor Andres Triay

A stirring account of the covert humanitarian effort to air-lift 14,048 unaccompanied children out of Castro’s Cuba and into the U.S.

1998. 145 pp. 8 illustrations, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1612-6 Cloth, $49.95

 

Cuba in the 1850s

Through the Lens of Charles DeForest Fredricks

Robert M. Levine

A collection of rare, previously unpublished nineteenth-century photos that capture Cuba at the end of an age.

1990. 102 pp. 37 b&w photos, notes, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1010-1 Cloth, $24.95

 

Cuban Art and National Identity

The Vanguardia Painters, 1927–1950

Juan A. Martínez

"The definitive text on Cuban modernism."—Art and Antiques

1994. 205 pp. 8 color, 52 b&w plates, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1306-2 Cloth, $34.95

 

Canada-Cuba Relations

The Other Good Neighbor Policy

John M. Kirk and Peter McKenna

"An insightful, lucid exploration from post-World War II to the present by two specialists on Cuban and Canadian foreign relations"—Library Journal

Compares Canada’s and the U.S.’s relations with Cuba and takes a controversial stand in favor of Canada’s "good neighbor" policy.

1997. 296 pp. 7 tables, notes, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1520-0 Cloth, $49.95

  José Martí

Mentor of the Cuban Nation

John M. Kirk

"A superbly written volume that demonstrates a thorough command of Martí’s extensive writings."—Hispanic American Historical Review

1983. 212 pp. Notes, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-0812-3 Paper, $19.95

 

Between God and the Party

Religion and Politics in Revolutionary Cuba

John M. Kirk

1988. 246 pp. Notes, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-0909-X Paper, $19.95

 

Afro-Cuban Religious Experience

Cultural Reflections in Narrative

Eugenio Matibag

A survey of rituals, doctrines, and cultural origins of four major Afro-Cuban religious traditions.

1996. 316 pp. 13 b&w photos, notes, works cited, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1431-X Cloth, $49.95

 

Reinaldo Arenas

The Pentagonía

Francisco Soto

"A panoramic view of Arenas’s novels [and] his dissent from the political views of the Cuban authorities. . . . An excellent study."—Choice

1994. 204 pp. Notes, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1315-1 Cloth, $49.95

 

Angel Cuadra

The Poet in Socialist Cuba

Edited by Warren Hampton

1994. 158 pp. 10 b&w photos.

ISBN 0-8130-1261-9 Cloth, $24.95

 

José Lezama Lima

Poet of the Image

Emilio F. Bejel

"Important reading not only for Lezama scholars but for all Latin Americanists."—South Atlantic Review

1990. 178 pp. Illustrations, notes,
bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-0980-4 Cloth, $49.95

 

Miami Now!

Immigration, Ethnicity, and Social Change

Guillermo J. Grenier and Alex Stepick III

Profiles the city’s Cuban, native black, and Haitian communities and concludes that the white elite has been forced to adjust socially to living in a Cuban-dominated city.

1992. 232 pp. Photos, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1154-X Cloth, $24.95
ISBN 0-8130-1155-8 Paper, $19.95

 

Cubans and the Mass Media in South Florida

Gonzalo R. Soruco

A look at how Cubans in south Florida use the mass media.

1996. 160 pp. 21 figures, notes, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1379-8 Cloth, $49.95

Dictionary of Latin American Racial and Ethnic Terminology

Thomas M. Stephens

"An invaluable reference work for researchers in race and ethnicity." —Library Journal

1990. 413 pp. Bibliography.

ISBN 0-8130-0965-0 Cloth, $59.95

 

Tropical Diaspora

The Jewish Experience in Cuba

Robert M. Levine

Latin American Jewish Studies Association Best Book, 1994

"Richly detailed. . . . Infused with a warm humanity."—American Historical Review

1993. 416 pp. 76 b&w photos, map, notes, bibliography, index.

ISBN 0-8130-1218-X Cloth, $39.95