Contemporary Cuba

Series Description:

A multidisciplinary series focusing on current and provocative aspects of Cuban history, culture, society, and politics. Of special interest are works that examine the dramatic changes in Cuba in the last decades, such as the role of the military, the nature of economic reforms, and the impact of foreign investments, human rights treaties, and tourism on the island.

This series has ended and is no longer accepting submissions.



There are 22 books in this series.


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The Changing Dynamic of Cuban Civil Society

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Protestants, Revolution, and the Cuba-U.S. Bond

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U.S.-Cuban Cooperation Past, Present, and Future

"Shows that the strategic logic of U.S.-Cuba security cooperation remains so persuasive that it has even been intermittently embraced by such avowed antagonists as Fidel Castro and George W. Bush."--Daniel P. Erikson, Inter-American Dialogue

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Ritual, Discourse, and Community in Cuban Santería: Speaking a Sacred World

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The "New Man" in Cuba: Culture and Identity in the Revolution

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Cuba, the United States, and the Post-Cold War World: The International Dimensions of the Washington-Havana Relationship

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Looking at Cuba: Essays on Culture and Civil Society

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Cuba's Foreign Relations in a Post-Soviet World

This book emphasizes two key aspects of Cuban foreign relations: Cuba's adjustment since the disintegration of the Soviet bloc, and the ongoing confrontation between Cuba and the United States. Erisman proposes that Cuba has always been highly sensitive

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Cuba Today and Tomorrow: Reinventing Socialism

The Cuban Revolution has aroused passion and controversy for 40 years; this book explains the Revolution's extraordinary survival, as well as how and why it seems likely to continue in the new century. The book explores such issues as the impact of the