Havana in the 1550s was a small coastal village with a very limited population that was vulnerable to attack. By 1610, however, under Spanish rule it had become one of the best-fortified port cities in the world and an Atlantic center of shipping, commerce, and shipbuilding. Using all available local Cuban sources, including parish registries and ......
Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Cuba
After 30 years of anti-colonial struggle against Spain and four years of military occupation by the United States, Cuba formally became an independent republic in 1902. The nationalist coalition that fought for Cuba's freedom, a movement in which blacks and mulattoes were well-represented, had envisioned an egalitarian and inclusive country - a ......
The Life of Charlie Hill, a Black Radical Exile in Socialist Cuba
Cuba in the 1970s was a beacon of Third World liberation-and a sanctuary for US radicals on the run. Fugitive States is the true story of Charlie Hill, an American exile who has lived in Havana for 55 years. An Illinois native and war veteran who was expelled from the US Army for refusing to fight against the Vietnamese national liberation forces, ......
The Life of Charlie Hill, a Black Radical Exile in Socialist Cuba
Cuba in the 1970s was a beacon of Third World liberation-and a sanctuary for US radicals on the run. Fugitive States is the true story of Charlie Hill, an American exile who has lived in Havana for 55 years. An Illinois native and war veteran who was expelled from the US Army for refusing to fight against the Vietnamese national liberation forces, ......
Nonfiction Narratives of Cuban Slavery by Cuban and US Writers
Cuban Slavery from the Inside Out: Nonfiction Narratives of Cuban Slavery by Cuban and US Writers is a critical exploration of how nineteenth-century nonfiction texts-written by authors from both Cuba and the United States-documented, rationalized, and contested the institution of slavery in Cuba. Though separated by language and national ......
Nonfiction Narratives of Cuban Slavery by Cuban and US Writers
Cuban Slavery from the Inside Out: Nonfiction Narratives of Cuban Slavery by Cuban and US Writers is a critical exploration of how nineteenth-century nonfiction texts-written by authors from both Cuba and the United States-documented, rationalized, and contested the institution of slavery in Cuba. Though separated by language and national ......
At the end of the nineteenth century, William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal glorified cubanas as "the most feminine and simple women in the world." Ever since, the stereotype of Cuban femininity as chaste and dutiful has informed Cubans' racial, social, and ethnic identity in the dominant American imagination, and this gendered and ......
A firsthand look at how business owners in Havana navigate the changing Cuban market and state The Struggle for the Market tells the story of Cuba's economic reforms in the 2010s, focusing on the experiences a group of small business owners known as cuentapropistas. These business owners were the most directly affected by the transition from the ......
Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League
Relive the tumultuous preseason before Robinson broke the color barrier In February 1947, the most memorable season in the history of the Cuban League finished with a dramatic series win by Almendares against its rival, Habana. As the celebration spread through the streets of Havana and across Cuba, the Brooklyn Dodgers were beginning spring ......
