Cuba — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: Cuba

1959: The Year That Inflamed the Caribbean
	Diederich, Bernard Subject: Latin America, Caribbean	Certain years are pivotal in global history, and one such year was 1959, from which this book takes its title. 1959 was indeed a historic year during which, among other historic events, Fidel Castro’s guerrilla war in Cuba toppled dictator … More Information

Afro-Cuban Religions
	Barnet, Miguel (translated by Christine Ayorinde; illustrated by Siegfried Kaden) Subject: Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Religion	African cults and religions enrich all aspects of Cuba’s social, cultural, and everyday life and encompass all ethnic and social groups. Politics, art, and civil events such as weddings, funerals, festivals, and carnivals all possess distinctly Afro-Cuban characteristics. Miguel Barnet … More Information

Amistad: A Hidden Network of Slavers and Merchants
	Zeuske, Michael (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Slavery, African History, Caribbean History, US History, African History	“This very readable book will be accessible to wide audiences, scholars specialized in slavery and Atlantic studies, and students at all levels. The story moves from the most well-known parts of this history (the Amistad case in popular history), … More Information

Caribbean: Sea of the New World
	Arciniegas, Germán Subject: Caribbean	This book is a new edition of the most beautifully written history of the Caribbean from the European discovery through the nineteenth century. Commonweal wrote of the 1946 edition, “Arciniegas has written a most informative and entertaining book…the student of … More Information

Cuban Festivals: A Century of Afro-Cuban Culture
	Bettelheim, Judith, editor Subject: Caribbean	Bettelheim describes the secular rituals and celebrations of Cuban culture. The editor’s black-and-white photos shed additional light on these little-known rituals. This edition features the first English translation of the article “Afro-Cuban Festivals” by Afro-Cuban Studies founder Fernando Ortiz, complete … More Information

Cuban Legends
	Bueno, Salvador (illustrations by Siegfried Kaden; translated by Christine Ayorinde) Subject: Caribbean	This collection of Cuban legends, compiled by the renowned essayist and literary critic Salvador Bueno, brings readers the best of a time-honored tradition of storytelling in Cuba. These tales, passed on from generation to generation throughout the island, are here … More Information

Cuban Music
	Roy, Maya (translated by Denise and Gabriel Asfar) Subject: Caribbean	Native Americans supplied the maracas. African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniards brought guitars, brass instruments, and clarinets along with European ballroom dancing. The advent of blues and jazz gave new forms to styles of songs, notably feeling … More Information

Tropical Diaspora: The Jewish Experience in Cuba
	Levine, Robert S. Subject: Caribbean, Jewish Studies ,History	.”a comprehensive and absorbing account of the travails of Cuban Jews… Cuba did not conform to the behavior of a classical dictatorship in its struggle to chart its own path, but perhaps it is this nonconformity that makes it such … More Information