Cuba: Une Histoire

Sergio Guerra Vilaboy, a professor at the University of Havana, obtained a doctorate in history at the University of Leipzig. He is the author of numerous books on Latin American history and is currently the executive secretary of the Association of Latin American and Caribbean Historians.Oscar Loyola-Vega is a professor of history at the University of Havana.

A concise, readable history of Cuba beyond the images of salsa, cigars, and classic cars. A competitively priced travel guide.

CUBA: A HISTORYContents I. From the Original Inhabitants to Slave Plantations The Cuban Archipelago and the Aboriginal Population Conquest and Colonization The Criollo Economy and Society Appearance and Evolution of Plantations Reform, Annexation and Slavery II. The Wars of Independence The War of 1868 The Period between the Wars The War of 1895III. Republic and Sovereignty The First Period of Intervention From Tomás Estrada Palma to Gerardo Machado An Absolutely Necessary DecadeIV. Prelude to and Beginning of the Revolution The Struggle over the Constitution The Authentic Party in Power The Batista Dictatorship and the Insurrectional Struggle V. The Revolutionary Government The Transition to Socialism Creating a Socialist Government The Search for a Cuban Model of SocialismVI. From Institutionalization to the Special Period The Institutionalization of the Revolution Rectification The Special Period The Battle of IdeasBibliography