Cuba

Cuba:AShortHistorybringstogetherfourchaptersfromVolumesIII,VandVIIofTheCambridgeHistoryofLatinAmericatoprovideforscholars,studentsandgeneralreadersaconcisehistoryofthisimportantislandnation.Contributors,topscholarsinthefield,tracethepolitical,economic,andsocialdevelopmentofCubafromthemiddleoftheeighteenthcenturyonwards.Theconcludingchapter,updatedforthisvolume,considersthedilemmasandchallengesthatCastro'sCubafacesinthewakeoftheSovietUnion'scollapse.Eachchapterisaccompaniedbyabibliographicalessay.