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Key to the New World - A History of Early Colonial Cuba (Hardcover)
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Key to the New World - A History of Early Colonial Cuba (Hardcover)
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Total price: R2,735
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Scholarly and popular attention tends to focus heavily on Cuba's
recent history: its notoriety as the world's largest exporter of
sugar and the Western hemisphere's first socialist nation. Key to
the New World fills the gap in our knowledge of the island before
1700, examining Cuba's formative centuries in depth. Luis
Martinez-Fernandez presents a holistic portrait of the island
nation, interrelating its geography, economy, society, politics,
and culture. He weaves these threads into a narrative that begins
with the first arrival of indigenous people 7,000 years ago. He
explores the conquest and establishment of colonial rule and how
the island's geographic uniqueness made it an ideal launching pad
for Spanish conquests into Central America, Mexico, and Florida.
While considering the role of Cuba and the Caribbean as a theater
for European power struggles, Martinez-Fernandez also focuses
intimately on the people who both influenced and were influenced by
these larger, impersonal forces. In these often-overlooked
centuries, Martinez-Fernandez finds the roots of many of Cuba's
enduring economic, political, social, and cultural complexities.
The result is a sweeping history, a seminal text that makes clear
that to fully grasp revolutionary or contemporary Cuba we must
first understand what came before.
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