Identity, nationality and culture university of north carolina press, 1999 graduate students. The united states and cuba in history and historiography louis a. Between reform and revolution latin american histories by louis a. Available for the first time as an omnibus ebook edition, this threevolume set brings together three of perezs most acclaimed works on cuba and its relations to the united states. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. It is a well researched historical work that traces the social and cultural impact of north american culture on cuba during the period of the 1860s to the 1950s. This is the period prior to the spanish american war and prior to the cuban revolution.
Between reform and revolution and on becoming cuban. Carlyle sitterson professor of history at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. He is author of numerous books on cuba, including cuba. Between reform and revolution latin american histories, and on becoming cuban. I know of no book ever written on cuba that carries the punch of perezs on becoming cuban. Perez, including titles like the structure of cuban history. University of north carolina mentor and scholar louis a. Spanning the history of the island from precolumbian times to the present, this highly acclaimed survey examines cubas political and economic development within the context of its international relations and. He is the author of cuba in the american imagination 2008, on becoming cuban 2007, and the war of 1898 1998.
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. On becoming cuban1st edition identity, nationality, and culture h. He is a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences and the author of many awardwinning books, includingon becoming cuban. Cuban posted about this book, along with the four books that follow in this list, on cyberdust, the private messaging app in which he is an.
The war of 1898 unc press, 1998, cuba in the american imagination unc press, 2008, on becoming cuban unc press, 2007. Includes the war of 1898, on becoming cuban, and cuba in the american imagination by. The united states and cuba in history and historiography. Perez is the author of a wide variety of books on cuba. Louis perez is named a fellow of the american academy of. Eugene and lillian youngs lehman series by louis a. Suicide and society university of north carolina press, 2005 on becoming cuban. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Two of the most gifted have just produced masterworks that lift the image of cuba and the cuban american diaspora out of the sterile politics of confrontation into the meaningful dimension of cultural interaction. On becoming cuban identity, nationality, and culture 1999 by louis a. In his superbly researched scholarly book, on becoming cuban, louis a. Carlyle sitterson professor of history at the university of north carolina ph.
Mark cuban credits his success to these 7 books cnbc. On becoming cuban is a sweeping cultural history of the sustained encounter between the peoples of the two countries and of t. With a cleareyed mastery of thousands of details comprising the texture of life in cuba, perez builds a complex portrait of the infinitely intertwined lives of cubans and north americans from the late nineteenth century to the 1950s. Ships from and sold by the book treasury daily shipping from nashville. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Hurricanes and the transformation of nineteenthcentury cuba. Identity, nationality and culture, was in havana recently to present another of his books, this.
Below you will find her list, followed by brief descriptions of each book. Whatever fidel castro has done for cuba, his revolution has unintentionally given the united states an extraordinary generation of cuban american scholars. Carlyle sitterson professor of history and director of the institute for the study of the americas at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. On becoming cuban is more than a book about cuban identity.
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