Rebel lands of Cuba : the campesino struggles of Oriente and Escambray, 1934-1974 /

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"This comparative history of Cuban campesinos, from 1934 to 1974, covers two regions marked by extreme differences in race, gender, and land tenure: Oriente and Escambray. The author examines the largely suppressed history of a region whose name has been expunged from the historical record to e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Swanger, Joanna, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Peasant uprisings > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Government, Resistance to > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Land tenure > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Sex role > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Race > Political aspects > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Regionalism > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Révoltes paysannes > Cuba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Résistance au gouvernement > Cuba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Rôle selon le sexe > Aspect politique > Cuba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Race > Aspect politique > Cuba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Régionalisme > Cuba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
Government, Resistance to
Land tenure > Political aspects
Peasant uprisings
Politics and government
Race > Political aspects
Regionalism
Rural conditions
Sex role > Political aspects
Oriente (Cuba : Province) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Escambray Mountains (Cuba) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Oriente (Cuba : Province) > Rural conditions.
Escambray Mountains (Cuba) > Rural conditions.
Trinidad, Sierra de (Cuba) > Conditions rurales.
Cuba
Cuba > Escambray Mountains
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rebel lands of Cuba : the campesino struggles of Oriente and Escambray, 1934-1974
  • Setting the scene : life at the local level, 1934-1958
  • Guajiro, redeemer of the nation : white masculinity and state formation, 1934-1952
  • Organization and collective resistance in Oriente, 1934-1956
  • Atomized land battles in Escambray, 1934-1952
  • The insurrection
  • Oriente : the revolutionary showcase
  • Counter-revolution in Escambray : interregnum and reconquest
  • Epilogue: The Grupo Teatro Escambray.

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