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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This comprehensive, annotated bibliography of works by and about Caribbean women novelists from 1950 to the present covers novelists from all Caribbean islands and Surinam writing in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, and their dialects. Entries on some 150 individual writers are organized alphabetically and comprise a biographical sketch, data on novels with plot synopses, a listing of other known publications in all genres, as well as annotated criticism and reviews. Included are translations, interviews, recorded materials, and broadcast literature. Sources range from publications of major presses and journals in various countries and languages to dissertations and items from local newspape...
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF CUBA tells the story of Ashkenazim and Sephardim fleeing from persecution abroad and finding refuge in Cuba, their trials and tribulations of adjusting to a new country, and the building of a vibrant Jewish Community. The Cuban Jewish Community grew from a parlor meeting of eleven Jews in 1906 to a network of schools and synagogues throughout the country. This is a story of peddlers going from rags to riches, Belgian refugees setting up a wartime diamond industry, and an American Mafioso in search of respectability. While reading this book, you will experience the Cuban Jewish Community in its Golden Age. This all came to an abrupt end in 1959, after the Revolution.
For the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in: The untold story of President Richard Nixon, CIA Director Richard Helms, and their volatile shared secrets that ended a presidency. Scorpions' Dance by intelligence expert and investigative journalist Jefferson Morley reveals the Watergate scandal in a completely new light: as the culmination of a concealed, deadly power struggle between President Richard Nixon and CIA Director Richard Helms. Nixon and Helms went back decades; both were 1950s Cold Warriors, and both knew secrets about the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba as well as off-the-books American government and CIA plots to remove Fidel Castro and other leaders in Latin Ameri...
An incomparable single source of reference on a huge and important region.
The book makes accessible a selection of speeches and television appearances by Fidel Castro during the first two years of the Cuban Revolution. Readers can trace the evolution of this legendary leader’s radical political thought and analyze his extraordinary capacity for overcoming adverse political and ideological circumstances in a constant movement towards a socialist ideal. The work is organized chronologically with introductory presentations prepared by Cuban experts José Bell, Tania Caram and Delia Luisa López and includes a glossary and bibliography. The methodology of this work is original and includes material from 1959 not previously published elsewhere.
Giuseppe (Joseph) Policelli was born in Roseto, Italy in 1860. He came to America about 1883. He married Anna Antonia Ruggiero in 1891. They were the parents of fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to adulthood. Information on his life, his ancestry, and his descendant is given in this volume. Joseph appeared to have lived in Virginia, and New York before settling in Pennsylvania. Today family members live in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Utah, and elsewhere.
Introductory surveys cover topics of regional importance; individual country chapters include analysis, statistics and directory information; plus information on regional organizations
Título: Diario no velado de La Habana Autor: Xabier Vila-Coia Editorial: Lapinga Ediciones 1.ª edición, junio de 2008 Lugar de edición: Madrid Formato: 16,5 cm × 24,5 cm Lomo: 4 cm Peso: 1170 g Número de páginas: 616, con ilustraciones en blanco y negro y color Encuadernación: cartoné Materia: Condiciones políticas y sociales de Cuba / Memorias y recuerdos (Cuba) Idioma: Español ISBN: 978-84-934985-1-1 EAN: 9788493498511 PVP (IVA incluido): 10 € Sinopsis: En Diario no velado de La Habana, la política y el sexo, el capitalismo y el socialismo, el nacionalismo y el imperialismo, la necesidad y la virtud, lo cierto y lo irreal..., van desfilando ante nuestros ojos como una catarata de acontecimientos inimaginables en Europa. Todo ello aderezado con imágenes desconocidas y documentos inéditos de los inicios de la Revolución que fue una esperanza de futuro para millones de personas en todo el mundo.