ON BECOMING CUBAN by Louis Perez Jr. ( 9780807858998 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

ON BECOMING CUBAN
IDENTITY, NATIONALITY, AND CULTURE

By:

Louis Perez Jr.

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0807858994

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9780807858998

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Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2008

Series:

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series

Pages:

608

Description:

Provides a cultural history of the sustained encounter between the peoples of the United States and Cuba 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.

Synopsis:

Rich cultural ties between Cuba and the United States influence Cuban's sense of themselves.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.

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The University of North Carolina Press

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