A cultural history of Cuba during the U.S. occupation, 1898-1902 /

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In this cultural history of Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902, a transitional period following the Spanish-American War, the author sheds light on the complex set of pressures that guided the formation and production of a burgeoning Cuban national...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Iglesias Utset, Marial, 1961-
Other Authors: Davidson, Russ
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Series:Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução.
Subjects:
1899-1906
National characteristics, Cuban.
Cubains.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
Civilization > American influences
National characteristics, Cuban
Cuba > History > 1899-1906.
Cuba > Civilization > American influences.
Cuba > Histoire > 1899-1906.
Cuba > Civilisation > Influence américaine.
Cuba
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Empty pedestals and barracks converted into schools : the dismantling of symbols of colonial power
  • Policies governing celebrations : Catholic, North American, and patriotic fiestas
  • Attempts at linguistic colonization and the struggle to preserve Spanish : Anglicized words and expressions and their tropes
  • The "decolonization" of names : national identity and the selection of patriotic place names
  • The socialization of symbols representing the idea of country
  • Public culture and nationalism.

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