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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder  
Powells.com Staff Pick "It's won the Pulitzer and for good reason; it's beautifully written, inspired, and gives you something to think about the rest of the year." Hilary, Powells...
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The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile (Vintage Departures)
by Patrick Symmes Synopsis From the author of "Chasing Che," here is the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. Chosen in the 1940s from among the most affluent and ambitious families in eastern Cuba, they were groomed at the elite...
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Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
by Peter Hallward Publisher Comments Riveting exposé of US-led destruction of democratic government in Haiti. Once the most lucrative European colony in the Caribbean, Haiti has become one of the most divided and impoverished countries in the world. In the late 1980s a remarkable...
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Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba After Slavery
by Rebecca J Scott Publisher Comments As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late nineteenth century, each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. Degrees of Freedomcompares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war, and...
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Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloo
by Stephan Talty Publisher Comments A May 2007 Book Sense Pick “Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean will sate even fickle Jack Sparrow fans. . . . A pleasure to read from bow to stern.” —Entertainment Weekly The passion and...
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Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography
by Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet and Andrew Hurley Publisher Comments Fidel Castro is perhaps the most charismatic and controversial head of state in modern times. A dictatorial pariah to some, he has become a hero and inspiration for many of the world's poor, defiantly charting an independent and revolutionary path for...
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An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President
by Randall Robinson Publisher Comments On February 29th, 2004 the democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced to leave his country. The twice elected President was kidnapped, along with his Haitian-American wife, American soldiers and flown, against his will,...
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Cuba 3RD Edition Between Reform & Revolution
by Louis A Perez Publisher Comments Spanning the history of the island from pre-Columbian times to the present, this highly acclaimed survey examines Cuba's political and economic development within the context of its international relations and continuing struggle for self-determination...
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Sugar, Slavery, & Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico
by Luis A Figueroa Publisher Comments Focusing on Puerto Rico's southeastern coastal region of Guayama, a leading center of sugar cane agriculture, Figueroa examines the transition from slave labor to free labor after the 1873 abolition of slavery in colonial Puerto Rico. Arguing that the...
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Cuba : From Columbus To Castro and Beyond (5TH 02 Edition)
by Jaime Suchlicki Publisher Comments A concise overview of Cuba's rich and turbulent history and a glimpse at its possible future....
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Caribbean Discourse : Selected Essays (89 Edition)
by Edouard Glissant Synopsis Selected essays from the rich and complex collection of Edouard Glissant, one of the most prominent writers and intellectuals of the Caribbean, examine the psychological, sociological, and philosophical implications of cultural dependency....
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Slave Emancipation in Cuba : the Transition To Free Labor, 18601899 ((Rev)00 Edition)
by Rebecca J. Scott Publisher Comments Slave Emancipation in Cuba is the classic study of the end of slavery in Cuba. Rebecca J. Scott explores the dynamics of Cuban emancipation, arguing that slavery was not simply abolished by the metropolitan power of Spain or abandoned because of economic...
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Fidel Castro Reader
by David Deutschmann Publisher Comments Here, at last, is a comprehensive anthology presenting the voice of one of history's greatest orators, Fidel Castro. Love him or hate him, there is no denying he is a "master of the spoken word,"as Gabriel Garca Mrquez has said. Emerging in the 1960s as...
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Puerto Rico in the American Century: A History Since 1898
by Cesar J. Ayala Publisher Comments Offering a comprehensive overview of Puerto Rico's history and evolution since the installation of U.S. rule, Csar Ayala and Rafael Bernabe connect the island's economic, political, cultural, and social past. Puerto Rico in the American Century...
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Depression to Decolonization: Barclays Bank (Dco) in the West Indies, 1926-1962
by E. A. Kathleen Monteith Publisher Comments Depression to Decolonization: Barclays Bank (DCO), 1926-1962, is the first major academic business history of a commercial bank's operations in the West Indies. Barclays Bank (DCO) was at that time the world's largest multinational bank with a branch...
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An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean (Early American Studies)
by Andrew Oshaughnessy Synopsis "O'Shaughnessy's excellent, clearly written book is an important contribution to Caribbean and US history. He successfully explains why the Caribbean colonists, far from supporting the American Revolution, preferred to keep the British empire intact. . ....
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Nationalizing Blackness (Pitt Latin American)
by Robin Moore Publisher Comments Nationalizing Blackness uses the music of the 1920s and 1930s to examine Cuban society as it begins to embrace Afrocuban culture. Moore examines the public debate over degenerate Africanisms associated with comparas or carnival bands; similar...
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Continent of Islands : Searching for the Caribbean Destiny (93 Edition)
by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments In this richly detailed portrait of the individual countries and peoples of the Caribbean, Mark Kurlansky brings to life a society and culture often kept hidden from foreigners—the arts, history, politics, and economics of the region, as well as...
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Days of Wrath: The 1990 Coup in Trinidad and Tobago
by Rauol A. Pantin Publisher Comments A full decade before the horrific attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, the small Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago came under its own terrorist assault from a small fundamentalist Muslim group known as the Jamaat al Muslimeen...
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This is Cuba: An Outlaw Culture Survives
by Ben Corbett Publisher Comments Beyond the throngs of tourists streaming through Central Havana’s broad Prado Avenue, and outside the yoke of Castro’s 43-year-old Revolutionary program, there exists a parallel Cuba – a separate evolution of a people struggling to...
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