Encyclopedia of Cuba V2: People, History, Culture - Tapa dura

Presents more than 700 articles written by 80 contributors on all aspects of Cuba's fascinating history, its complex present situation, and its land, culture, and relationship with the rest of the world, especially the United States. This wonderfully comprehensive encyclopedia features more than 700 entires, covering history; politics; current issues; the Cuban Diaspora; geography and the environment; and culture, including religion, the arts, literature, food, holidays, and sports and games. The Encyclopedia of Cuba presents a balanced and objective view of Cuba, with 80 distinguished scholars and researchers reporting the broad sweep of all of Cuba's tempestuous history up to the present. This important work also tells the stories of Cuban exiles, both in the United States and in other countries. The Encyclopedia includes more than 200 illustrations, including photographs, maps, tables, and graphs, as well as historical and legal documents. This encyclopedia is arranged A-Z within 12 topical chapters, with chapters on national symbols; geography, urbanization, and the environment; the history of the colonial period (pre-Columbian to 1901), the Republican period (1902 to 1958), and the revolutionary period (1959 to the present); contemporary economy and society; literature and social sciences; performing arts; plastic arts; popular culture and religion; sports; and the Cuban Diaspora. Appendixes include historical documents, U.S. laws relating to Cuba; lists of governors and presidents; important works of Cuban literature; and important Cuban films. The Encyclopedia will be useful to students from high school through university, to scholars, and to the general public.

LUIS MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University and the senior editor of this encyclopedia. D. H. FIGUEREDO is the director of the Library and Media Center at Bloomfield College, New Jersey. LOUIS PEREZ JR. is J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LUIS GONZALEZ is president of Gonzalez & Associates, a literary agency.