Dick Cluster, Rafael Hernández

The History of Havana (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Serious but easily readable. The History of Havana employs conventional documentary, written and visual sources and a variety of testimonials from throughout the world to bring to life the complex portraits and challenges of contemporary Havana." -Harry Belafonte

Since its founding in 1519, Havana has drawn people from all over the world, including explorers, immigrant, refugees, and the exiled, to create a melting pot of influences and cultures--and a very distinct history.

From its colonial roots to its communist revolution, authors Dick Cluster and Rafael Hernández examine not only the ruptures in the city's life, but its continuities as well. The traditions that make the city unique, like its idiosyncratic combination of territorialism and hospitality or its proclivity for protest, are as much a drive for change as an integral element of its character. Drawing on oral histories and cultural artifacts alike, this history acknowledges the rich and artfully selected stories of the citizens, from their fascinating exploits to their grand successes, to be as significant to the very fabric of the city as its dynamic culture and intriguing politics, making it a superbly well-rounded account of the most alluring city in the Caribbean.

With grace and precision, in this updated and revised second edition of their classic history of the city Cluster and Hernández offer the divergent but productive perspectives of the American and the Cuban in lyrical and accessible prose on Cuba's magical capital. Generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OR Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781944869687
• Artikelnr.: 53479705

Autorenporträt

DICK CLUSTER landed in Havana's José Martí airport for the first time in 1969 and has been fascinated by the city ever since, exploring it by foot, bicycle, city bus, tour bus, car, ferryboat, and other means. An Oakland resident, he is a translator of Latin American literature, most recently editing and translating the collection Kill the Ámpaya: The Best Latin American Baseball Fiction and Mylene Fernández Pintado's novel of contemporary Havana, A Corner of the World. Previous nonfiction books include They Should Have That Cup of Coffee, about U.S. radical movements of the '60s and '70s, and Shrinking Dollars, Vanishing Jobs, about the U.S. economy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Un tipo muy popular
1 Key to the Indies
2 The Hour of the Mameys
3 Paris of The Antilles
4 Cecilia, Cabildos, and Contradance
5 Stirrings of Nationhood
6 Revolutions and Retributions: From the Teatro Villanueva to the Maine
7 Many Happy Returns? U.S. Occupation and Its Aftermath
8 Symbol of an Era: Alberto Yarini y Ponce de León
9 Catch a Ford on the Malecón: Republican Havana's Growth and Decay
10 The Battle of Havana, 1933¿35
11 Radio Days
12 City Lights: The Fabulous Fifties
13 Havana in Revolution
14 Revolution with Pachanga: Havana Transfigured
15 Russian Meat, Miami Butterflies, and Other Unexpected Adventures
16 The Blackout: Havana in the "Special Period" and Beyond
Epilogue: 2006-2017