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Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar: Cuba Enters the Twenty-first Century
Ch Vez
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Description for Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar: Cuba Enters the Twenty-first Century
Paperback. Focuses on the extensive changes that have taken place in Cuba since 1993, when Castro legalized the dollar, with essays including transformations in the economy, religious life, the literary world, ballet, and hip hop. Editor(s): Chavez, Lydia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 75 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJ; GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 513.
When the Soviet Union dissolved, so did the easy credit, cheap oil, and subsidies it had provided to Cuba. The bottom fell out of the Cuban economy, and many expected that Castro’s revolution—the one that had inspired the Left throughout Latin America and elsewhere—would soon be gone as well. More than a decade later, the revolution lives on, albeit in a modified form. Following the collapse of Soviet communism, Castro legalized the dollar, opened the island to tourism, and allowed foreign investment, small-scale private enterprise, and remittances from exiles in Miami. Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar describes what the ... Read more
When the Soviet Union dissolved, so did the easy credit, cheap oil, and subsidies it had provided to Cuba. The bottom fell out of the Cuban economy, and many expected that Castro’s revolution—the one that had inspired the Left throughout Latin America and elsewhere—would soon be gone as well. More than a decade later, the revolution lives on, albeit in a modified form. Following the collapse of Soviet communism, Castro legalized the dollar, opened the island to tourism, and allowed foreign investment, small-scale private enterprise, and remittances from exiles in Miami. Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar describes what the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822334941
SKU
V9780822334941
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About Ch Vez
Lydia Chávez is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Journalism and Chair of the Executive Committee for the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a former reporter for the New York Times in Latin America, where she served as bureau chief in San Salvador and Buenos Aires. She has written for ... Read more
Reviews for Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar: Cuba Enters the Twenty-first Century
“Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar addresses in an original and insightful way the question so many have asked themselves for so long: how is it that Fidel Castro and his regime are approaching half a century in power under extremely adverse conditions, many of them of their own making? This book may not provide the answer, but it offers ... Read more