Cuba and the United States: Ties of Singular Intimacy

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University of Georgia Press, 15‏/03‏/2011 - 336 من الصفحات

The Times Literary Supplement calls Louis A. Pérez Jr. "the foremost historian of Cuba writing in English." In this new edition of his acclaimed 1990 volume, he brings his expertise to bear on the history and direction of relations between Cuba and the United States.

Of all the peoples in Latin America, the author argues, none have been more familiar to the United States than Cubans--who in turn have come to know their northern neighbors equally well. Focusing on what President McKinley called "the ties of singular intimacy" linking the destinies of the two societies, Pérez examines the points at which they have made contact--politically, culturally, economically--and explores the dilemmas that proximity to the United States has posed to Cubans in their quest for national identity.

This edition has been updated to cover such developments of recent years as the renewed debate over American trade sanctions against Cuba, the Elián González controversy, and increased cultural exchanges between the two countries. Also included are a new preface and an updated bibliographical essay.

 

المحتوى

1 The Origins of Relations
1
2 A Convergence of Interests
29
3 At the Crossroads
55
4 Intervention and Occupation
82
5 Context and Content of the Republic
113
6 The Purpose of Power
149
7 Stirrings of Nationality
170
8 Twilight Years
202
9 Revolution and Response
238
Notes
283
Bibliographical Essay
311
Index
327
حقوق النشر

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نبذة عن المؤلف (2011)

Louis A. Pérez Jr. is J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of many books, including The War of 1898 and On Becoming Cuban.

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