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Cuban Revelations - Behind the Scenes in Havana (Paperback) Loot Price: R483
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Cuban Revelations - Behind the Scenes in Havana (Paperback): Marc Frank

Cuban Revelations - Behind the Scenes in Havana (Paperback)

Marc Frank

Series: Contemporary Cuba

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As a U.S.-born journalist who has called Havana home for almost a quarter century, Mark Frank has observed in person the best days of the revolution, the fall of the Soviet bloc, the great depression of the 1990s, the stepping aside of Fidel Castro, and the reforms now being devised by his brother. In Cuban Revelations, Frank offers a first-hand account of daily life in Cuba at the turn of the twenty-first century, the start of a new and dramatic epoch for islanders and the Cuban diaspora. Examining the effects of U.S. policy toward Cuba, Frank analyzes why Cuba has entered an extraordinary, irreversible period of change and considers what the island's future holds. The enormous social engineering project taking place today under Raul's leadership is fraught with many dangers, and Cuban Revelations follows the new leader's efforts to overcome bureaucratic resistance and the fears of a populace that stand in his way. In addition, Frank offers a colorful chronicle of his travels across the island's many and varied provinces, sharing candid interviews with people from all walks of life. He takes the reader outside the capital to reveal how ordinary Cubans live and what they are thinking and feeling as fifty-year-old social and economic taboos are broken. He shares his honest and unbiased observations on extraordinary positive developments in social matters, like healthcare and education, as well as on the inefficiencies in the Cuban economy. Ultimately, Cuban Revelations is an objective account by a reporter who has lived with the Cubans for many years as their old world falls apart and they set about trying to build a new one.

General

Imprint: University Press of Florida
Country of origin: United States
Series: Contemporary Cuba
Release date: April 2015
Authors: Marc Frank
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6181-8
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > History > American history > General
LSN: 0-8130-6181-4
Barcode: 9780813061818

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