Inside El Barrio by Henry Louis Taylor
Shows how social networks and neighborhoods were critical in sustaining Fidel's regime while other socialist countries were collapsing in the late 80s. This book charts the legacy of Fidel Castro through the lens of Cuban household life during El Periodo Especial.
"Henry Taylor's research is crucial and opportune, delving into a marginal culture that's crying out for study after half a century of revolution" -- Pedro Perez-Sarduy, author and journalist. Associate Fellow, Caribbean Studies Centre, London Metropolitan University, UK "Someone once asked me to explain Cuba. After thinking about it, I responded that it's difficult to explain something so complicated. Cubans themselves don't even understand Cuba fully: we simply live it. In this important book, Taylor attempts to bring this complex society to light by examining its social structures. He opens with his experience as a foreigner encountering a society that hides its substance (the system of principles, the relationship between institutions and individuals, class, race and rights) from outsiders. Eventually, his proximity to the people allowed him to experience Cuban society "from within". He discovers that there are two Cubas: one for outsiders, and another for Cubans. The two societies live parallel in harmony but seldom mix, at least in any profound way. This book attempts to break that barrier, and in the process paints a very interesting and praiseworthy picture of a society and its inhabitants." -- Elio Rodriguez, visual artist"
Henry Louis Taylor is a full professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Coordinator of the Community Development and Urban Management Specialization, and Founding Director of the University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies (CENTER), a research, neighborhood planning and community developing institute, which focuses on developing distressed urban communities. Taylor is the editor of three books and a monograph and has written more than 80 articles, book reviews, commentaries, and technical reports on urban and regional planning. He has appeared on ABC's Nightline and has been quoted in numerous national publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, and Time magazine. He has received numerous awards for his research and neighborhood planning, and in 2005 he was the recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Professional Planner Award from the American Planning Association, New York Upstate Chapter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781565492813 |
| ISBN 10 | 1565492811 |
| Title | Inside El Barrio |
| Author | Henry Louis Taylor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Kumarian Press |
| Year published | 2009-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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