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On the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Cuban revolution, UNC Press presents its premier list of books on Cuba. To purchase any of these books at a 20% savings, enter 01CUBA9 in the Discount Code box at checkout.

That Infernal Little Cuban Republic
The United States and the Cuban Revolution
by Lars Schoultz
A full history of the troubled relationship between neighbors.
 $35.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3260-8  | Add cloth to cart
Cuba in the American Imagination
Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos
by Louis A. Perez Jr.
Images of beneficence, acts of aggression.
 $34.95 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3216-5  | Add cloth to cart
The Cuban Connection
Drug Trafficking, Smuggling, and Gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution
by Eduardo Saenz Rovner
Translated by Russ Davidson
A history of Cuban crime and corruption that reaches well beyond Cuba.
 $35.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3175-5  | Add cloth to cart
On Location in Cuba
Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition
by Ann Marie Stock
Resilient and entrepreneurial approaches to audiovisual art in Cuba.
 $59.95 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3269-1  | Add cloth to cart
 $21.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5940-7  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Forthcoming spring 2009
Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century
by Alejandro de la Fuente
With the collaboration of Cesar Garcia del Pino and Bernardo Iglesias Delgado
Local ambition vs. imperial design.
 $40.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3192-2  | Add cloth to cart
Envisioning Cuba
From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba
An Environmental History since 1492
by Reinaldo Funes Monzote
Translated by Alex Martin
Placing the story of Cuba's forests in social and economic context.
 $65.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3128-1  | Add cloth to cart
 $24.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5858-5  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898
by John Lawrence Tone
Distinguished Book Award, Society for Military History
Who defeated Spain? New answers to old questions concerning the war.
 $35.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3006-2  | Add cloth to cart
 $24.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5926-1  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile
On the Road in Cuba
by Richard Schweid
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Behind the wheel in Cuba.
 $27.50 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2892-2  | Add cloth to cart
 $18.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5887-5  | Add paper to cart
On Becoming Cuban
Identity, Nationality, and Culture
by Louis A. Perez Jr.
With a new preface by the author
Bolton-Johnson Prize, Conference on Latin American History
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
How the rich cultural ties between Cuba and the United States influenced Cubans' sense of themselves as people and as a nation.
 $24.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5899-8  | Add paper to cart
The War of 1898
The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography
by Louis A. Perez Jr.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
At the crossroads of U.S.-Cuba relations.
 $21.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4742-8  | Add paper to cart
Insurgent Cuba
Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898
by Ada Ferrer
Berkshire Prize, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
Examines the tensions between racism and antiracism in Cuba's long struggle to become a nation.
 $70.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2500-6  | Add cloth to cart
 $25.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4783-1  | Add paper to cart
Governing Spirits
Religion, Miracles, and Spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956
by Reinaldo L. Roman
Introducing freedom of religion.
 $65.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3141-0  | Add cloth to cart
 $24.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5836-3  | Add paper to cart
To Die in Cuba
Suicide and Society
by Louis A. Perez Jr.
Elsa Goveia Prize, Association of Caribbean Historians
A history of suicide in Cuba.
 $35.95 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2937-0  | Add cloth to cart
 $21.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5816-5  | Add paper to cart
The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle against Atlantic Slavery
by Matt Childs
Rumors of emancipation inspire action.
 $55.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3058-1  | Add cloth to cart
 $21.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5772-4  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered
by Samuel Farber
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Putting revolutionary leaders and their ideas in historical context.
 $19.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5673-4  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Havana
Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis
by Joseph L. Scarpaci, Roberto Segre, and Mario Coyula
Revised Edition
Foreword by Andres Duany
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Experience the unique flavor of Cuba's capital city.
 $23.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5369-6  | Add paper to cart
Cuba and the Tempest
Literature and Cinema in the Time of Diaspora
by Eduardo Gonzalez
The border-crossing nature of Cuban identity and culture.
 $59.95 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3015-4  | Add cloth to cart
 $24.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5683-3  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
The Myth of Jose Marti
Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba
by Lillian Guerra
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Multiple interpretations of Marti's vision.
 $70.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2925-7  | Add cloth to cart
 $25.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5590-4  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Writing to Cuba: Filibustering and Cuban Exiles in the United States
by Rodrigo Lazo
Cuban writers in the United States urge the overthrow of Spanish colonial rule.
 $60.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2930-1  | Add cloth to cart
 $25.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5594-2  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Lydia Cabrera and the Construction of an Afro-Cuban Cultural Identity
by Edna M. Rodriguez-Mangual
Writing Afro-Cuban culture in Cuba's national identity.
 $70.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2887-8  | Add cloth to cart
 $27.50 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5554-6  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Measures of Equality
Social Science, Citizenship, and Race in Cuba, 1902-1940
by Alejandra Bronfman
Transforming ideas about race and citizenship.
 $60.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2898-4  | Add cloth to cart
 $25.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5563-8  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Awaiting Armageddon
How Americans Faced the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Alice L. George
The crisis as it was felt in America's living rooms.
 $40.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2828-1  | Add cloth to cart
Conflicting Missions
Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976
by Piero Gleijeses
Robert H. Ferrell Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
A sweeping Cold War history that revolutionizes our view of Cuba's international role.
 $50.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2647-8  | Add cloth to cart
 $30.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5464-8  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba
Resistance and Repression
by Gabino La Rosa Corzo
Translated by Mary Todd
Challenging the myths of the palenques.
 $70.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2803-8  | Add cloth to cart
 $27.50 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-5479-2  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
A Nation for All
Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Cuba
by Alejandro de la Fuente
Latin American-Caribbean Section Award, Southern Historical Association
A sweeping exploration of the history and complexities of Cuban race relations.
 $27.50 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4922-4  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Winds of Change
Hurricanes and the Transformation of Nineteenth-Century Cuba
by Louis A. Perez Jr.
George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental History
Natural disasters as flashpoints of history.
 $60.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2613-3  | Add cloth to cart
 $22.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4928-6  | Add paper to cart
State and Revolution in Cuba
Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940
by Robert Whitney
Illuminates a critical period in Cuba's political evolution.
 $65.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-2611-9  | Add cloth to cart
 $25.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4925-5  | Add paper to cart
Envisioning Cuba
Sugar and Railroads
A Cuban History, 1837-1959
by Oscar Zanetti and Alejandro Garcia
Translated by Franklin W. Knight and Mary Todd
Elsa Goveia Prize, Association of Caribbean Historians
Exploring economic development and social change in the Caribbean.
 $42.50 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4692-6  | Add paper to cart
Our Rightful Share
The Afro-Cuban Struggle for Equality, 1886-1912
by Aline Helg
Gordon K. Lewis Memorial Award for Caribbean Scholarship, Caribbean Studies Association
Elsa Goveia Prize, Association of Caribbean Historians
Wesley-Logan Prize in African Diaspora History, American Historical Association

The issue of race in Cuban society, politics, and ideology during the island's transition from a Spanish colony to an independent state.
 $32.50 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4494-6  | Add paper to cart
An Unwanted War
The Diplomacy of the United States and Spain over Cuba, 1895-1898
by John L. Offner
The complex international relations leading up to war.
 $30.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4380-2  | Add paper to cart
Response to Revolution
The United States and the Cuban Revolution, 1959-1961
by Richard E. Welch Jr.
"Accurate, brief, and clear."-- The New York Times Book Review
 $24.95 paper ISBN: 978-0-8078-4136-5  | Add paper to cart



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