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Overview"Illuminates a critical period in Cuba's political evolution Between 1920 and 1940, Cuba underwent a remarkable transition, moving from oligarchic rule to a nominal constitutional democracy. The events of this period are crucial to a full understanding of the nation's political evolution, yet they are often glossed over in accounts that focus more heavily on the revolution of 1959. With this book, Robert Whitney accords much-needed attention to a critical stage in Cuban history. Closely examining the upheavals of the period, which included a social revolution in 1933 and a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista one year later, Whitney argues that the eventual rise of a more democratic form of government came about primarily because of the mass mobilization by the popular classes against oligarchic capitalism, which was based on historically elite status rather than on a modern sense of nation. Although from the 1920s to the 1940s politicians and political activists were bitterly divided over what """"popular"""" and """"modern"""" state power meant, this new generation of politicians shared the idea that a modern state should create a new and democratic Cuba." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert WhitneyPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.396kg ISBN: 9780807849255ISBN 10: 0807849251 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 31 May 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsMandatory reading for all seeking to understand pre-revolutionary Cuba. (John M. Kirk, Dalhousie University) Whitney provides a useful addition to the historical literature on Cuba from 1920 to 1940 with this classical political history. ( Choice ) Drawing on Cuban, U.S., and British sources Whitney gives us a rich and penetrating examination of Cuban state formation and a pioneering reconstruction of the origins of Fulgencio Batista's authoritarian corporatism. (Barry Carr, La Trobe University) Drawing on Cuban, U.S., and British sources Whitney gives us a rich and penetrating examination of Cuban state formation and a pioneering reconstruction of the origins of Fulgencio Batista's authoritarian corporatism. (Barry Carr, La Trobe University) Author InformationRobert Whitney is assistant professor of Latin American history at the University of New Brunswick at Saint John in Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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