Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
I. Indigenous Society and Conquest 7
II. Sugar, Slavery, and Colonialism 37
III. The Struggle for Independence 111
IV. Neocolonialism 141
V. Building a New Society 309
VI. Culture and Revolution 405
VII. The Cuban Revolution and the World 453
VIII. The Período Especial 517
IX. Cuba after Fidel: Continuities and Transitions 577
Suggestions for Further Reading 683
Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 697
Index 709
Aviva Chomsky is Professor of History at Salem State
University.
Barry Carr is Emeritus Professor of Latin American History at La
Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
Alfredo Prieto is an independent researcher and editor.
Pamela Maria Smorkaloff lives and writes in Mexico City.
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