The People And Culture Of Cuba

Author : Melissa Raé Shofner
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508163114

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The People and Culture of Cuba by Melissa Raé Shofner Pdf

Who are the people of Cuba? Readers will probe this question through this lively book about the cultural traditions, festivals, music, art, dance, and food of this Caribbean island nation. Analyzing how the country's history has shaped the cultural identity of its people, this comprehensive text sheds light on the unique contributions Cubans have made. Readers also learn that it is the largest island and most populated country in the Caribbean. Each spread features stunning photographs, which make the information pop. This engaging take on curricular social studies concepts is sure to capture readers' attention.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1663627797

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The People and Culture of Cuba (Celebrating Hispanic Diversity) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Melissa Raé Shofner
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781538326442

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The People and Culture of Cuba by Melissa Raé Shofner Pdf

Who are the people of Cuba? Readers will probe this question through this lively book about the cultural traditions, festivals, music, art, dance, and food of this Caribbean island nation. Analyzing how the country's history has shaped the cultural identity of its people, this comprehensive text sheds light on the unique contributions Cubans have made. Readers also learn that it is the largest island and most populated country in the Caribbean. Each spread features stunning photographs, which make the information pop. This engaging take on curricular social studies concepts is sure to capture readers' attention.

Author : Wyatt MacGaffey,Clifford R. Barnett,American University (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1974-07-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780837173191

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Cuba by Wyatt MacGaffey,Clifford R. Barnett,American University (Washington, D.C.) Pdf

Author : Louis A. Pérez Jr.
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469601410

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On Becoming Cuban by Louis A. Pérez Jr. Pdf

With this masterful work, Louis A. Perez Jr. transforms the way we view Cuba and its relationship with the United States. On Becoming Cuban is a sweeping cultural history of the sustained encounter between the peoples of the two countries and of the ways that this encounter helped shape Cubans' identity, nationality, and sense of modernity from the early 1850s until the revolution of 1959. Using an enormous range of Cuban and U.S. sources--from archival records and oral interviews to popular magazines, novels, and motion pictures--Perez reveals a powerful web of everyday, bilateral connections between the United States and Cuba and shows how U.S. cultural forms had a critical influence on the development of Cubans' sense of themselves as a people and as a nation. He also articulates the cultural context for the revolution that erupted in Cuba in 1959. In the middle of the twentieth century, Perez argues, when economic hard times and political crises combined to make Cubans painfully aware that their American-influenced expectations of prosperity and modernity would not be realized, the stage was set for revolution.

Author : April Fast,Susan Hughes
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778793265

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Cuba by April Fast,Susan Hughes Pdf

The Spanish had an enormous impact on Cuba's history and culture introducing the Spanish language to the island and Roman Catholicism. Other cultures have also contributed particularly in the area of the arts and food. Cuba the culture features the traditions and celebrations of the country's many different cultural influences.

Author : Ben Corbett
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780465009961

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This Is Cuba by Ben Corbett Pdf

Beyond the throngs of tourists streaming through Central Havana's broad Prado Avenue, and outside the yoke of Castro's 43-year-old Revolutionary program, there exists a parallel Cuba - a separate evolution of a people struggling to survive. With personal stories that depict a people torn between following the directives of their government and finding a way to better their lot, journalist Ben Corbett gives us the daily life of many considered outlaws by Castro's regime. But are they outlaws or rather ingenious survivors of what many Cubans consider to be a forty-year mistake, a tangle of contradictions that has resulted in a strange hybrid of American-style capitalism and a homegrown black market economy. At a time when Cuba walks precariously on the ledge between socialism and capitalism, This Is Cuba gets to the heart of this so-called outlaw culture, taking readers into the living rooms, rooftops, parks, and city streets to hear stories of frustration, hope, and survival. Updated with a new preface.

Author : Kylie Burns
Publisher : Cultural Traditions in My Worl
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 077878102X

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Cultural Traditions in Cuba by Kylie Burns Pdf

A nation with Spanish, African, Asian, and Caribbean roots, Cubas people celebrate their diversity with a range of cultural traditions. From celebrated Cuban music and dance to legends and family customs, this interesting book guides readers through the celebrations and traditions practiced by Cubans throughout each year. Other celebrations include national holidays and Christian observances.

Author : Stephen Williams
Publisher : Running Press Book Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066088298

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Cuba by Stephen Williams Pdf

Period and contemporary photos highlight island's co plex history of conquests, revolts, slavery and numerous dictatorships, etc.

Author : Emily Hatchwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cuba
ISBN : 1909013099

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Cuba by Emily Hatchwell Pdf

Author : John M. Kirk,Leonardo Padura
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813020786

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Culture and the Cuban Revolution by John M. Kirk,Leonardo Padura Pdf

This unusual collaboration between a Cuban novelist and a Canadian professor offers uncensored and frank interviews with prominent figures of contemporary Cuban cultural life, from a Grammy-winning jazz artist to world-class filmmakers and actors, writers, ballet dancers, and dramatists. In recent years the small island, with a population of just 11 million, has experienced an astonishing cultural renaissance. The immense popularity of the movies Buena Vista Social Club and Strawberry and Chocolate, the successful international tours of the National Ballet of Cuba, and a host of literary prizes in Spain and Latin America attest to this phenomenon. The thirteen people interviewed played a leading role in cultural life during the years of the revolutionary process and today are considered official Cuban figures - Silvio Rodriguez, Anton Arrufat, Alicia Alonso, Abelardo Estorino, Chucho Valdes, Pablo Armando Fernandez, Leo Brouwer, Nancy Morejon, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Roberto Fabelo, Frank Fernandez, Fernando Perez, and Jorge Perugorria. They discuss a range of topics - their own work and limits on it, the challenge of producing art in a poor country, and threats of censorship. A

Author : Ada Ferrer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501154560

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Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) by Ada Ferrer Pdf

In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued--through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country's future. Meanwhile, politics in Washington--Barack Obama's opening to the island, Donald Trump's reversal of that policy, and the election of Joe Biden--have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an ambitious chronicle written for an era that demands a new reckoning with the island's past. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba: An American History reveals the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Along the way, Ferrer explores the influence of the United States on Cuba and the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This is a story that will give Americans unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and, in so doing, help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba. Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States--as well as the author's own extensive travel to the island over the same period--this is a stunning and monumental account like no other. --

Author : Emily Hatchwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cuba
ISBN : OCLC:809750981

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Cuba in Focus by Emily Hatchwell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1417668962

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Cuba: The Culture by Anonim Pdf

Discusses the religion, festivals, music, art, architecture, language, and literature of Cuba, and includes a Cuban folk tale.

Author : Russell Maddicks,Culture Smart!
Publisher : Bravo Limited
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781857338461

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Cuba - Culture Smart! by Russell Maddicks,Culture Smart! Pdf

Cuba is a land of contradictions that is easy to enjoy but difficult for first-time visitors to decipher. The largest island in the Caribbean, it is a tropical paradise that Christopher Columbus called "the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen." It is famous for the romantic charm of its crumbling colonial cities, the beauty of its white sand beaches, and its irresistible Afro-Cuban dance beats. But it is also a land of shortages and tight government control, which has been in a sixty-year political standoff with its superpower neighbor, the USA. The homegrown version of single-party socialism created by Fidel Castro has kept Cuba in a Cold War time warp that only now is beginning to change. As travel restrictions are relaxed US tourists can once again visit the island. Greater flexibility toward private enterprise is opening it up to boutique hotels and high-quality home-based restaurants. There is a boom in special-interest tourism for cyclists, hikers, birdwatchers, and scuba divers, while foreign entrepreneurs are eagerly exploring investment opportunities. Culture Smart! Cuba will take you beyond the usual descriptions of Havana nightlife, vintage cars, and hand-rolled cigars and give you an insider's view of an island that is teetering on the brink of historic change. It offers insights into Cuba's fascinating history, national icons, unique food, vibrant cultural scene, and world-renowned music. Practical tips help business travelers gain an edge on the competition. But most of all, this book aims to show you how best to break the ice and get a better understanding of the infinitely resourceful Cuban people, who despite severe hardships and shortages over many years remain optimistic and fiercely proud of their heritage and culture.