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Cuba: A History. Hugh Thomas Unknown Binding – January 1, 2010

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4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
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First published in 1971, " The Pursuit of Freedom" is still the most important and authoritative book on this complex and often geopolitically significant country, marrying Hugh Thomas' unique skills as arguably the world's leading historian of Spanish-speaking peoples with an intricate and absorbing subject. This book explores the whole sweep of Cuban history, from the British capture of Havana in 1762 through the years of Spanish and American domination up to the twentieth century and the extraordinary revolution of Fidel Castro. Throughout the 200-year period of its scope, the book analyses the political, economic and social events that have shaped Cuban history with extraordinary insight and panache. Encyclopaedic in range and breathtaking in execution, "Cuba" is surely one of the seminal works of world history.
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    January 1, 2010
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    7.8 x 5.08 x 2.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0141034505
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    978-0141034508
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books (January 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Unknown Binding ‏ : ‎ 1184 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141034505
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141034508
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.76 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.8 x 5.08 x 2.75 inches
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Peter Whitmer
5.0 out of 5 stars More Than Cigars
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2015
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On par with the late William Manchester as a master of making seemingly dry yet important details totally readable, Hugh Thomas provides the reader with a thorough, digestible narration of the fast moving kaleidoscope of Cuban cultural and political history. As always, his Reference section is a gold mine; he also notes what is missing: No biography exists of either Machado, or Jose Marti, two significant players.
As Cuba is currently still in a state of dynamic flux, one can only hope Dr. Thomas produces an update - perhaps loose-leaf notebook style!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The depth of Hugh's knowledge is immeasurable.
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2020
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Great book, but its bigger than a bible and the print is very small. I bought a whole page magnifier so that I could read it,
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5.0 out of 5 stars How U.S. politics influenced early independence of Cuba from Spain
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020
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A most thorough examination of Cuba's history. Sometimes the details were dificult to follow and not really necessary to understand the Cuban "psychology"
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Marsha W. Canright
5.0 out of 5 stars Best History In My Book
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2016
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Excellent. Complete. Well-documented. It's a complicated history of colonialism, capitalism, socialism and a true social experiment. This helped me see many perspectives in a well-written, never boring, almost conversational way. It's satisfying and enjoyable.
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Luisita Torregrosa
5.0 out of 5 stars The Essential Cuba
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015
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Hugh Thomas's enormous history/biography of Cuba stands out above all others. It is the classic textbook, but readable, fascinating, and very very very long.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive book on the history of Cuba - One for the bookshelf!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2021
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This book is huge, it's too big in fact. I only got it because I'm fascinated in Cuba & wanted a long comprehensive historical analysis of the country, but I haven't finished it & probably never will lol. But I have the read the chapters which interest me. It's one of the books that you put on your bookshelf & you read a chapter every now & again. It's not a book you read in one go, certainly not. So if you want one of those then buy a shorter book about Cuba (300 to 500 pages) not this one which is 1000 pages plus or so
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1.0 out of 5 stars definition n'est pas correct.
Reviewed in France on November 20, 2016
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Bien que la description indique que le livre est nouveau, il était gravement endommagé en plusieurs endroits.
Pas agréable car il s'agit d'un cadeau.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Standardwerk über Geschichte Kubas
Reviewed in Germany on December 24, 2010
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Dieses Buch ist schlicht und ergreifend DAS Standardwerk über die Geschichte Kubas. Auf 1200 Seiten wird die Geschichte von den Anfängen Kubas bis ca. 1970 ausführlich behandelt. Angeblich soll der Autor ca. 10 Jahre lang recherchiert haben. Vorstellbar wäre es, denn ich habe während meiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit über die kubanische Revolution keine inhaltlichen Widersprüche oder Fehler entdeckt. In der Aktualisierung wird auch ein wenig auf die heutige Situation eingegangen. Eine Übersetzung gibt es meines Wissens nur für die Zeit 1902-1970 unter dem Titel "Castros Cuba" (1984 erschienen), die aber nur noch gebraucht zu erstehen ist.
Ein vergleichbar informativer, aber nicht so umfangreiches Werk ist das deutsche "Kleine Geschichte Kubas" von Michael Zeuske.
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Jolgas
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant historic introduction to Cuba
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2014
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Have never really understood Cuban history apart from my memories of years ago in the Western press. My knowledge has now been corrected and I am keen to find out more. I enjoyed the introduction where he compares history to current affairs and it is only really when an item becomes history (with archives opened up etc) that you truly have a real understanding of what happened. Very readable with tremendous detail. Loved it. For anyone like me who has a serious interest in Cuban history and how the British then Americans became involved followed of course by the Eastern block including Russia I can recommend this.
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Cristina Hudac
4.0 out of 5 stars contains a lot of historical information and is a very useful tool to find out more about Cuba than what ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2015
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The book provides a lot of interesting information, it is very detailed, contains a lot of historical information and is a very useful tool to find out more about Cuba than what is usually included in tourist guides.
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