A short history of revolutionary Cuba : power, authority and the state since 1959 /

Few island nations have stirred the soul like Cuba. From Hemingway's intoxicating Havana to Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club, outsiders have persistently been fascinated by Cuba for its music (jazz to rumba), its rich literature, its art and dance (danzón to mambo) and perhaps above all...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kapcia, Antoni (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Series:	Short histories (Bloomsbury (Firm))
Subjects:	Cuba > Politics and government > 1959-1990. Cuba > Politics and government > 1990- Cuba > History > Revolution, 1959. Nationalism > Cuba > History. Socialism > Cuba > History. Cuba > Relations > United States. United States > Relations > Cuba.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: The evolution of a radical nationalism
Chapter 2: The project to construct a Cuban nation, 1959-61
Chapter 3: Debate I: 1962-5
The Emerging Revolutionary State and the Meaning of 'the Revolution'
Chapter 4: The Maverick Revolution and 'Cuban Communism', 1965-70
Chapter 5: Debate II: 1970-5
Chapter 6: Institutionalization, consolidation and greater orthodoxy, 1975-85
Chapter 7: Debate III: 1985-9
Chapter 8: Crisis and the special period, and debates IV and V, 1989-2005
Debate IV: How to Save 'the Revolution'?
Chapter 9: From Fidel to Raúl: The last chapter?
Chapter 10: Reflections on the Cuban matrix of power, governance and decision-making.