State of Ambiguity by Steven Palmer
Addressing a range of topics - civic clubs and folkloric societies, science, public health and agrarian policies, popular culture, national memory, and the intersection of race and labor, this title features contributors who explore how a broad spectrum of Cubans embraced a political and civic culture of national self-realization.
“Taken as a whole, this provocative collection reveals that the Cuban republic was a vibrant locus of intellectual ferment ranging from the natural sciences and architecture to medicine and the mediaIt is proof that the history of the Cuban republic requires much more from historians than simplistic accounts of “doctors and generals.”” -- John A. Gutiérrez * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
"Professors and graduate students concerned with the background to the Cuban Revolution of 1959 will find much to ponder in the new approaches and material these noted authors offer in State of Ambiguity. By assembling this collection of outstanding essays-all of which are reader-friendly, free of scholarly jargon, and well-referenced-the editors have amply succeeded in their effort to challenge the three dominant views of pre-Castro Cuba by reframing the central concerns of civic and cultural life during the first republic and by opening up new avenues of investigation." -- Jane M. Rausch * Journal of Third World Studies *
"Professors and graduate students concerned with the background to the Cuban Revolution of 1959 will find much to ponder in the new approaches and material these noted authors offer in State of Ambiguity. By assembling this collection of outstanding essays-all of which are reader-friendly, free of scholarly jargon, and well-referenced-the editors have amply succeeded in their effort to challenge the three dominant views of pre-Castro Cuba by reframing the central concerns of civic and cultural life during the first republic and by opening up new avenues of investigation." -- Jane M. Rausch * Journal of Third World Studies *
Steven Palmer is Canada Research Chair in History of International Health and Associate Professor at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of From Popular Medicine to Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, and Public Power in Costa Rica, 1800–1940 and coeditor (with IvÁn Molina) of The Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics, both also published by Duke University Press.
JosÉ Antonio Piqueras is Chair of Contemporary History at Universitat Jaume I in CastellÓn, Spain. He is the author of several books on Cuban and Caribbean history, including Trabajo libre y coactivo en sociedades de plantaciÓn.
Amparo SÁnchez Cobos is Assistant Professor of History at Universitat Jaume I in CastellÓn, Spain, and the author of Sembrando ideales. Anarquistas espaÑoles en Cuba.
JosÉ Antonio Piqueras is Chair of Contemporary History at Universitat Jaume I in CastellÓn, Spain. He is the author of several books on Cuban and Caribbean history, including Trabajo libre y coactivo en sociedades de plantaciÓn.
Amparo SÁnchez Cobos is Assistant Professor of History at Universitat Jaume I in CastellÓn, Spain, and the author of Sembrando ideales. Anarquistas espaÑoles en Cuba.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822356387 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822356384 |
| Title | State of Ambiguity |
| Author | Steven Palmer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2014-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 376 |
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