Browse by Subject: Latin American Studies

Sherry Johnson's revisionist study contributes to a new understanding of colonial Cuban history in several ways. Most importantly, it challenges existing interpretations of Cuban history by advancing an alternative to the "sugar is forever" thesis..

This collection reviews established and emerging perspectives on the relationship among mass communication, the cultures of dominant societies, and the culture of the Caribbean.

The book offers an urgent commentary om the experience of Caribbean development in the postcolonial era, a critical discussion of the current crisis of globalization in the region. Specifically, it examines the different national models of development th

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

The life of Laureano Gómez (1889-1965), Colombia’s combative Conservative politician and reviled public figure, serves as the backdrop for this modern history of one of the hemisphere's least understood nations. Tracing the complex process of development

Mimi Sheller's ground-breaking comparative study analyzes the struggle for freedom and democracy in two Caribbean societies in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery. Pairing the revolutionary Republic of Haiti with the British colony of Jamaica, the

While difficult to define--and sometimes even to locate--the Hispanic Caribbean is fraught with tension. The region includes nations that have common histories yet very different contemporary political characteristics. This essay collection maps out the

Following the end of the Spanish-Cuban-American war in 1898, the U.S. Protestant Church embarked on a religious mission in Cuba that evolved into a zealous secular crusade to reconstruct Cuban society. The church's collision course with Cuba's

152 b&w photographs and 30 color plates trace the development Latin American sculpture, architecture, pottery, painting and more, from pre-columbian times to the

This anthology brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines who look at one main question: What constitutes Cuban identity? The contributors offer revisionist perspectives that argue for a "Cubanness" marked more by tension and diversity than by