Cuba Between Empires 1878-1902

Exploring the history of Cuba from 1878 to 1902, the author explains the political dimensions both of Spain's loss of sovereignty and of the US hegemony which replaced it. He also looks at the emotional strengths, political ambivalences and organizational weaknesses of the independence movement.

About the author

Louis A. Perez, Jr. is the J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Summary

In an unusually powerful book that will appeal to the general reader as well as to the specialist, Louis A. Perez, Jr., recounts the story of the critical years when Cuba won its independence from Spain only to fall in the American orbit.

Product details

• Authors: Perez, Louis Perez, Louis A. Perez, Louis A. Jr. Perez, Louis A Pérez
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.1998
• EAN: 9780822956877
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5687-7
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 242 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 730 g
• Series: Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American (Paperback; Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous