A Short History of Revolutionary Cuba: Revolution, Power, Authority and the State from 1959 to the Present Day 1788312155, 9781788312158

A Short History of Revolutionary Cuba: Revolution, Power, Authority and the State from 1959 to the Present Day 9781786736475, 1786736470

Few island nations have stirred the soul like Cuba. From Hemingway's intoxicating Havana to Ry Cooder's Buena

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A Short History of Revolutionary Cuba: Power, Authority and the State since 1959 9781788312158, 9781788312165, 9781350211773, 9781786736475

Few island nations have stirred the soul like Cuba. From Hemingway’s intoxicating Havana to Ry Cooder’s Buena Vista Soci

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The Revolution from Within: Cuba, 1959–1980 9781478004325

Drawing on previously unexamined archives, the contributors to The Revolution from Within examine the Cuban Revolution f

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The Revolution from Within: Cuba, 1959–1980 9781478004325, 1478004320

What does the Cuban Revolution look like “from within?" This volume proposes that scholars and observers of Cuba ha

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Assassins' Deeds: A History of Assassination from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day: A History of Assassination from the Pharaohs of Egypt to the Present Day 1789143519, 9781789143515

Assassins have been killing the powerful and famous for at least 3,000 years. Personal ambition, revenge and anger have

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The Tale of Tea. A Comprehensive History of Tea from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day

The Tale of Tea is the saga of globalisation. Tea gave birth to paper money, the Opium Wars and Hong Kong, triggered the

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A Modern History of the Sudan: From the Funj Sultanate to the Present Day

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Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures 9780822388227

An ethnographic consideration of why the Cuban government has allowed criticism of its policies to be expressed in Cuban

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A population history of India - From the First Modern People to the Present Day 9780192564306

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A History of Kabbalah: From the Early Modern Period to the Present Day 1107153131, 9781107153134

Jonathan Garb's A History of Kabbalah: From the Early Modern Period to the Present Day is a lucid and sophisticated

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