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Panorama del Protestantismo
ISBN: 9781593881993 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Panorama del Protestantismo en Cuba En esta obra el Dr. Marco Antonio Ramos presenta una amplia resena del protestantismo entre los cubanos desde las guerras de independencia en el siglo XIX (cuando varios emigrados regresaron a su pais para organizar las primeras iglesias) hasta nuestros dias. Es en cierta forma una historia de la Iglesia y un texto de historia de Cuba y por lo tanto no es una cronica tradicional sobre la obra misionera. El enfoque equilibrado del desarrollo de las iglesias en medio de la dominacion y la influencia extranjera, las luchas abolicionistas, las guerras de...
Panorama del Protestantismo en Cuba En esta obra el Dr. Marco Antonio Ramos presenta una amplia resena del protestantismo entre los cubanos desde las ...
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203,55 zł |
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Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century
ISBN: 9780807871874 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Havana in the 1550s was a small coastal village with a very limited population that was vulnerable to attack. By 1610, however, under Spanish rule it had become one of the best-fortified port cities in the world and an Atlantic center of shipping, commerce, and shipbuilding. Using all available local Cuban sources, Alejandro de la Fuente provides the first examination of the transformation of Havana into a vibrant Atlantic port city and the fastest-growing urban center in the Americas in the late sixteenth century. He shows how local ambitions took advantage of the imperial design and...
Havana in the 1550s was a small coastal village with a very limited population that was vulnerable to attack. By 1610, however, under Spanish rule it ...
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226,60 zł |
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A Cultural History of Cuba during the U.S. Occupation, 1898-1902
ISBN: 9780807871928 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this cultural history of Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902--a key transitional period following the Spanish-American War--Marial Iglesias Utset sheds light on the complex set of pressures that guided the formation and production of a burgeoning Cuban nationalism.
Drawing on archival and published sources, Iglesias illustrates the process by which Cubans maintained and created their own culturally relevant national symbols in the face of the U.S. occupation. Tracing Cuba's efforts to modernize in conjunction with plans by U.S.... In this cultural history of Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902--a key transitional period following the...
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199,94 zł |
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Voices of the Enslaved in Nineteenth-Century Cuba: A Documentary History
ISBN: 9780807871942 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Putting the voices of the enslaved front and center, Gloria Garcia Rodriguez's study presents a compelling overview of African slavery in Cuba and its relationship to the plantation system that was the economic center of the New World. A major essay by Garcia, who has done decades of archival research on Cuban slavery, introduces the work, providing a history of the development, maintenance, and economy of the slave system in Cuba, which was abolished in 1886, later than in any country in the Americas except Brazil. The second part of the book features eighty previously unpublished primary...
Putting the voices of the enslaved front and center, Gloria Garcia Rodriguez's study presents a compelling overview of African slavery in Cuba and its...
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199,94 zł |
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Nature's Ancient Religion: Orisha Worship & Ifa
ISBN: 9781440417337 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nature's Ancient Religion is 50% autobiography of the author's spiritual journey from cynic to Babalawo with Wanaldo. His rank in the world's seventh largest religion (175,000,000) is on par with a Catholic Arch Bishop. The author describes each step or level of his rise in Havana, Cuba. Readers are treated to the unique flavor of the forbidden island too. 50% is authoritative narrative of religions including: Catholicism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, indigenous and African. Anthropology is discussed including the 2007 Haplogroup mapping that is so important . Fresh pataki ( legends) are...
Nature's Ancient Religion is 50% autobiography of the author's spiritual journey from cynic to Babalawo with Wanaldo. His rank in the world's seventh ...
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115,30 zł |
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La Bandera de La Esperanza
ISBN: 9781617646331 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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70,25 zł |
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La Bandera de la Esperanza
ISBN: 9781617646317 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,85 zł |
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Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment
ISBN: 9781608461394 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Uncritically lauded by the left and impulsively denounced by the right, the Cuban Revolution is almost universally viewed one dimensionally. Farber, one of its most informed left-wing critics, provides a much-needed critical assessment of the revolution s impact and legacy." Uncritically lauded by the left and impulsively denounced by the right, the Cuban Revolution is almost universally viewed one dimensionally. Farbe... |
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120,99 zł |
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IFA Y Los Orishas: La Religion Antigua De La Naturaleza
ISBN: 9781461028987 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. IFA Y Los Orishas (La religion antigua de la naturaleza) es una vision general de la fe afro-cubana. Esta dirigida a todos los que no creen en nuestra fe y a los principiantes de la misma. El lector podra verificar que la naturaleza es el tema central de nuestra religion. Consideramos que cada ser natural, desde los seres vivos hasta los inanimados, tiene una fuerza especial que llamamos ASHE. Esta energia se puede transferir. ASHE se debe respetar, apreciar, proteger y algunas veces entregar a traves del AMOR. IFA Y Los Orishas es el relato de mi viaje espiritual y mucho mas. Se presentan...
IFA Y Los Orishas (La religion antigua de la naturaleza) es una vision general de la fe afro-cubana. Esta dirigida a todos los que no creen en nuestra...
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115,30 zł |
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The Year of the Lash: Free People of Color in Cuba and the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World
ISBN: 9780820335759 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michele Reid-Vazquez reveals the untold story of the strategies of negotia-tion used by free blacks in the aftermath of the "Year of the Lash"--a wave of repression in Cuba that had great implications for the Atlantic World in the next two decades. At dawn on June 29, 1844, a firing squad in Havana executed ten accused ringleaders of the Conspiracy of La Escalera, an alleged plot to abolish slavery and colonial rule in Cuba. The condemned men represented prominent members of Cuba's free community of African descent, including the acclaimed poet PlAcido (Gabriel de la ConcepciOn ValdEs).... Michele Reid-Vazquez reveals the untold story of the strategies of negotia-tion used by free blacks in the aftermath of the "Year of the Lash"--a w... |
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722,82 zł |
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The Year of the Lash: Free People of Color in Cuba and the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World
ISBN: 9780820340685 / Angielski / Miękka / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michele Reid-Vazquez reveals the untold story of the strategies of negotia-tion used by free blacks in the aftermath of the "Year of the Lash"--a wave of repression in Cuba that had great implications for the Atlantic World in the next two decades. At dawn on June 29, 1844, a firing squad in Havana executed ten accused ringleaders of the Conspiracy of La Escalera, an alleged plot to abolish slavery and colonial rule in Cuba. The condemned men represented prominent members of Cuba's free community of African descent, including the acclaimed poet PlAcido (Gabriel de la ConcepciOn ValdEs).... Michele Reid-Vazquez reveals the untold story of the strategies of negotia-tion used by free blacks in the aftermath of the "Year of the Lash"--a w... |
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149,02 zł |
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El Ocaso del Régimen que Destruyó a Cuba
ISBN: 9781461047957 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A history of the Cuban Revolution in the last 50 years
A history of the Cuban Revolution in the last 50 years
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88,64 zł |
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Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean
ISBN: 9781250002440 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the New York Times Bestselling Author of Indian Summer During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the Caribbean was in crisis. While the United States and the Soviet Union acted out the world's tensions on Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, the powerbrokers of these three critical island nations---the Castro brothers, Che Guevara, Rafael Trujillo, and Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier---had ambitions of their own. Steeped in new material and eyewitness reports, Red Heat is an authoritative account of a wildly dramatic and dangerous era of... From the New York Times Bestselling Author of Indian Summer During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the C... |
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131,18 zł |
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Bacardí y la larga lucha por Cuba
ISBN: 9780451414953 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. En 1862, Facundo Bacardi aposto por crear en Cuba una pequena destileria de ron, una bebida que hasta entonces solo consumian marineros y obreros. Pronto el ron Bacardi se convertiria en la bebida favorita de la isla y quedaria ligado a la identidad cubana.
Recorriendo la historia de la familia Bacardi, que siempre ha estado en primer plano en todos los grandes acontecimientos de la historia de Cuba desde la Independencia hasta el actual embargo pasando por la Revolucion y Bahia de Cochinos Tom Gjelten ha escrito una epica narrativa que explica la Cuba moderna, sus tormentosas relaciones... En 1862, Facundo Bacardi aposto por crear en Cuba una pequena destileria de ron, una bebida que hasta entonces solo consumian marineros y obreros. Pro...
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101,56 zł |
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The Brilliant Disaster: Jfk, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs
ISBN: 9781416596530 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A "balanced, engrossing account" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of the Bay of Pigs crisis drawing on long-hidden CIA documents and delivering the vivid truth of five pivotal days in April 1961. At the heart of the Bay of Pigs crisis stood President John F. Kennedy, and journalist Jim Rasenberger traces what Kennedy knew, thought, and said as events unfolded. He examines whether Kennedy was manipulated by the CIA into approving a plan that would ultimately involve the American military. He also draws compelling portraits of the other figures who played key roles in the drama:...
A "balanced, engrossing account" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of the Bay of Pigs crisis drawing on long-hidden CIA documents and delivering...
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84,59 zł |
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Cuba - The Audacious Revolution
ISBN: 9781456480226 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Gedda, a retired diplomatic correspondent for The Associated Press, has a new book out based largely on his 31 visits to Cuba, all but a few on assignment for AP. "Cuba-The Audacious Revolution" offers a rare close-up look at the struggles of the Cuban people in overcoming the challenges of low pay, substandard housing, malfunctioning public transportation and chronic food shortages. The system that Fidel Castro created provides free health care and education, both laudable goals, but delivery on them often has been uneven, especially since the collapse of his one-time patron, the...
George Gedda, a retired diplomatic correspondent for The Associated Press, has a new book out based largely on his 31 visits to Cuba, all but a few on...
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57,67 zł |
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Palo Brakamundo
ISBN: 9781463314590 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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100,45 zł |
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Palo Brakamundo
ISBN: 9781463314606 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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181,03 zł |
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The Cuban Revolution – A Critial Perspective
ISBN: 9780919618367 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dolgoff's analysis of the Cuban Revolution, its development and significance, presents an historical perspective on Cuba that arrives at new insights into social and political change.
Dolgoff's analysis of the Cuban Revolution, its development and significance, presents an historical perspective on Cuba that arrives at new insights ...
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225,58 zł |
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1959: The Year That Inflamed the Caribbean
ISBN: 9781558764927 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. '1959' is an historically compelling book which traces a pivotal year that began with Fidel Castro's victory in Cuba, triggering reverberations that changed the Caribbean.
'1959' is an historically compelling book which traces a pivotal year that began with Fidel Castro's victory in Cuba, triggering reverberations that c...
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108,77 zł |
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