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Cuba
Peter Schwab
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Description for Cuba
Hardback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Cuba: Confronting the US Embargo details and analyses the effects of the US embargo on Cuban society and the response of Cuba and its population to overcoming its consequences. Although the embargo disrupts and harms almost all aspects of life concentration focuses on those sectors most affected. The book is framed by the issue of human rights - from both the Cuban and the US perspective - an ideological gulf which underpins the political differences that exist between the two countries, and which raises the question of how extensively the implementation of the embargo violates the human rights of Cuba ... Read more
Cuba: Confronting the US Embargo details and analyses the effects of the US embargo on Cuban society and the response of Cuba and its population to overcoming its consequences. Although the embargo disrupts and harms almost all aspects of life concentration focuses on those sectors most affected. The book is framed by the issue of human rights - from both the Cuban and the US perspective - an ideological gulf which underpins the political differences that exist between the two countries, and which raises the question of how extensively the implementation of the embargo violates the human rights of Cuba ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312216207
SKU
V9780312216207
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Ref
99-15
About Peter Schwab
PETER SCHWAB is Professor of Political Science at Purchase College, the State University of New York, A noted authority on human rights he has authored many books on the subject.
Reviews for Cuba
'The strength of Schwab's work, however, lies in illustrating how the embargo has affected the lives of ordinary Cuban citizens in the areas of public health, food, religion, and political dissent. Schwab combines political analysis and personal insight to show how the embargo has permeated all facets of daily life in Cuba.' - NACLA Report on the Americas ... Read more