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Our Rightful Share
In Our Rightful Share, Aline Helg examines the issue of race in Cuban society, politics, and ideology during the island's transition from a Spanish colony to an independent state. She challenges Cuba's well-established myth of racial equality and shows that racism is deeply rooted in Cuban creole society. Helg argues that despite Cuba's abolition of slavery in 1886 and its winning of independence in 1902, Afro-Cubans remained marginalized in all aspects of society. After the wars for independence, in which they fought en masse, Afro-Cubans demanded change politically by forming the first national black party in the Western Hemisphere. This challenge met with strong opposition from the white Cuban elite, culminating in the massacre of thousands of Afro-Cubans in 1912. The event effectively ended Afro-Cubans' political organization along racial lines, and Helg stresses that although some cultural elements of African origin were integrated into official Cuban culture, true racial equality has remained elusive.
The Cuban Republic and José Martí
Jose Marti contributed greatly to Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain with words as well as revolutionary action. Although he died before the formation of an independent republic, he has since been hailed as a heroic martyr inspiring Cuban republican traditions.
Army Politics in Cuba, 1898-1958
Louis A. Perez examines the founding of the national army in Cuba, the rise and fall of Cuban army preeminence during the Machado regime, the bizarre army seizure of power in 1933, which resulted in the collapse of the officer corps, and follows the dominance of the army until the revolution of 1958. He shows that the Cuban political order rested on the stability of the army, which itself grew increasingly estranged from national traditions and eventually became the tool of a clique of political leaders, only to fall to rebel forces during the revolution.
Cuba and the United States
When Cuba threw off the yoke of Spanish rule at the end of the nineteenth century, it did so with the help of another foreign power, the United States. Thereafter, the United States became involved in Cuban affairs, intervening twice militarily (1898-1902 and 1906-1909). What was the effect of U.S. intervention? Conventional wisdom indicates that U.S. intervention hindered the rise of militarism in Cuba in the early years of statehood. This pathfinding study, however, takes just the opposite view. Jose M. Hernández argues that while U.S. influence may have checked the worst excesses of the Independence-war veterans who assumed control of Cuba's government, it did not completely deter them f...
MIS INVESTIGACIONES...y algo más
«MIS INVESTIGACIONES Y ALGO MÁS» es una compilación póstuma, en tres tomos, de cuanto escribió e investigó su autor: ADALBERTO AFONSO FERNÁNDEZ, en los tres países donde vivió: Cuba, Venezuela y España. Los amantes de la lectura y de la Historia, encontrarán gratificantes estos libros que son, además, una excelente y fidedigna fuente de consulta para inquirir sobre tiempos atrás, llevados por el placer de leer o con propósitos creativos o didácticos. El Tomo II abarca los capítulos, del tres al seis, con estudios biográficos, enriquecidos con antologías y publicaciones de época, acerca de personalidades destacadas del mundo de las letras y la vida pública nacional cubana y española. “Camagüeyanos Ilustres” (Gertrudis Gómez Avellaneda, Flora Díaz Parrado, Abelardo Chapellí Marín; Mariano Aramburu y Machado, el Padre Gonfaus y Rafael Emilio Fortún); “Un burgués extraordinario: Emilio Bacardí Moreau”; “Enrique Villuendas y de La Torre”; Tres figuras cubano-españolas de relieve” (Manuel Mur Oti; Ramón Rodríguez Correa y Teodoro Guerrero y Pallarés).
Mis Investigaciones... y Algo Más
CAMAGÜEYANOS ILUSTRES: Tula en dos tiempos; Flora Díaz Parrado; Abelardo Chapellí Marín; Mariano Aramburu y Machado; Luis Pichardo Loret de Mola; El Padre Gonfaus; La bala de ébano. UN BURGUES EXTRAORDINARIO: EMILIO BACARDÍ MOREAU. ENRIQUE VILLUENDAS Y DE LA TORRE. TRES FIGURA CUBANO-ESPAÑOLAS DE RELIEVE: Manuel Mur Oti; Ramón Rodríguez Correa; Teodoro Guerrero y Pallarés. Talentos cubanos y cubano-españoles; toda la información obtenida en Santiago de Cuba, entre los años 1964 y 1968 sobre el ilustre creador del ron Bacardí; la reproducción literal del Diario de Campaña de 1896 de Enrique Villuendas... y mucho más...
