A hidden history of the Cuban Revolution : how the working class shaped the guerrilla victory /

Millions of words have been written about the Cuban Revolution, which, to both its supporters and detractors, is almost universally understood as being won by a small band of guerrillas. In this unique and stimulating book, Stephen Cushion turns the conventional wisdom on its head, and argues that t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cushion, Steve (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Organized labor in the 1950s
  • A crisis of productivity
  • The employers' offensive
  • Workers take stock
  • Responses to state terror
  • Two strikes
  • Last days of Batista
  • The first year of the new Cuba
  • Conclusion: what was the role of organized labor in the Cuban insurrection?