SHIFTING REALITIES IN SPECIAL PERIOD CUBA

A review essay on books by (1) Michael Casey, Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image (New York: Vintage Books, 2009); (2) Daniel P. Erikson, The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008); (3) Sylvia Pedraza, Political Disaffection in...

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Published in:Latin American research review 2010-01, Vol.45 (3), p.229-238
Main Author: Ritter, Archibald R. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American dollar
Bilateral relations
Castro, Fidel
Cuba
Democracy
Disorders
Essays
Everyday Life
Incentives
Labor unions
Market economies
Migration
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Noncitizens
Political parties
Politics
Postcommunist societies
Reforms
Review articles
REVIEW ESSAYS
Revolution
Revolutions
Social Change
Socialism
Tourism
U.S.A
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Summary:A review essay on books by (1) Michael Casey, Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image (New York: Vintage Books, 2009); (2) Daniel P. Erikson, The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008); (3) Sylvia Pedraza, Political Disaffection in Cuba's Revolution and Exodus (Cambridge: Cambridge U Press, 2007); (4) Marifeli Perez-Stable [Ed], Looking Forward: Comparative Perspectives on Cuba's Transition (Notre Dame, IN: U Notre Dame Press, 2007); (5) Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb, Cuba in the Shadow of Change: Daily Life in the Twilight of the Revolution (Gainesville: U Press Florida, 2009); & (6) Esther Whitfield, Cuban Currency: The Dollar and Special Period Fiction (Minneapolis: U Minnesota Press, 2008).
ISSN:0023-8791
1542-4278
DOI:10.1017/S0023879100011183