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Havana

the making of Cuban culture

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An edition of Havana (2005)

Havana

the making of Cuban culture

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Publisher
Berg
Language
English
Pages
236

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Cover of: Havana
Havana: The Making of Cuban Culture
September 22, 2005, Berg Publishers
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Havana
2005
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Havana: the making of Cuban culture
2005, Berg
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Havana: The Making of Cuban Culture
September 22, 2005, Berg Publishers
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Havana mosaic : sweetness and light
Images of Havana
Havana as unique
The emergence of the city
Theoretical issues
The structure and aim of the book
1. The colony (1550s-1902). Historical overview
The city in the shadows
Pre-sugar Havana (1550s-1760s)
The boom city : sugar and the evolution of a capital (1750s-1901)
2. The republic (1902-1958). Historical overview
A nation without a capital, and capital without a nation (1902-33)
Havana as the 'cultural problem' (1934-58)
Bohemia case study
Conclusion
3. The revolution from 1959 to 1990. Historical overview
Dark days and revolutionary enlightenment (1959-71)
The grey years
Conformity and stagnation (the 1970s and 1980s)
Case study : bohemia and Granma
4. The revolution in a new light? : Havana as a new cultural space. Historical overview
The periódo especial and Havana
The evolution and rediscovery of a Havana culture
Case study : the casas de culture
Conclusion : Havana as chiaroscuro.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.

Published in
Oxford, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
972.91/23
Library of Congress
F1799.H35 K37 2005, F1799.H357

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 236 p. :
Number of pages
236

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3395921M
Internet Archive
havanamakingofcu0000kapc
ISBN 10
1859738370, 185973832X
ISBN 13
9781859738375, 9781859738320
LCCN
2005007951
OCLC/WorldCat
58976118
Library Thing
4754329
Goodreads
516833

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