Leslie Bethell
Auteur van Cuba: A Short History
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A Cultural History of Latin America: Literature, Music and the Visual Arts in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Cambridge… (1998) — Redacteur — 25 exemplaren
Colonial Brazil (Cambridge History of Latin America) (1987) — Redacteur; Medewerker, sommige edities — 25 exemplaren
The Cambridge History of Latin America Volume 7. Latin America Since 1930: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (1990) 22 exemplaren
The Cambridge History of Latin America Volume 10. Latin America since 1930: Ideas, Culture and Society (1995) 18 exemplaren
The Cambridge History of Latin America, Volume 6, Part 1: Latin America since 1930: Economy, Society and Politics:… (1995) 15 exemplaren
Brazil: Empire and Republic, 1822-1930 (Cambridge History of Latin America) (1989) — Redacteur; Medewerker, sommige edities — 14 exemplaren
The Cambridge History of Latin America Volume 8. Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America (1991) 13 exemplaren
Latin America between the Second World War and the Cold War: Crisis and Containment, 1944-1948 (1993) 13 exemplaren
The Cambridge History of Latin America, Volume 6, Part 2: Latin America since 1930: Economy, Society and Politics:… (1995) 10 exemplaren
Historia da America Latina - Vol.6: A America Latina Apos 1930: Economia e Sociedade (2009) 9 exemplaren
The Abolition of the Brazilian Slave Trade: Britain, Brazil and the Slave Trade Question (Cambridge Latin American… (1970) 7 exemplaren
Latin America: Politics and Society since 1930 (The Cambridge History of Latin America) (1998) 5 exemplaren
Latin America: Economy and Society, 18701930 (Cambridge History of Latin America) (1989) 5 exemplaren
Historia da America Latina: A America Latina Apos 1930: Mexico, America Central, Caribe e Republicas Andinas - Vol.9 (2003) 5 exemplaren
Historia da America Latina: A America Latina Apos 1930: Estado e Politica - Vol.7 (2015) 3 exemplaren
História da América Latina. A América Latina Após 1930. Ideias, Cultura e Sociedade - Volume VIII (Em Portuguese do… (2011) 2 exemplaren
Cambridge History of Latin America, All Volumes 2 exemplaren
Historia de America Latina 4 America Latina Colonial: popolation, sociedad y cultura (2000) 2 exemplaren
Historia de América Latina 1 exemplaar
História da América Latina. América Latina Colonial. (The Cambridge History of Latin America) (1997) 1 exemplaar
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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society - Sixth Series, Volume 01 (1991) — Medewerker, sommige edities — 6 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1937-02-12
- Geslacht
- male
- Opleiding
- University of London (PhD|History)
University of London (BA|History) - Organisaties
- Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- National Order of Southern Cross - Commander (1994)
National Order of Southern Cross - Grand Officer (1998)
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Cuba a short history door Leslie (edited by) [cover design by Dennis M. Arnold] [Hugh Thomas Bethell, Lui
Cuba A Short History edited by Leslie Bethell consists of four long essays by four different scholarly authors. It covers the time from the Eighteenth Century to the present. I found this to be a very even handed book, neither anti Castro nor pro US. The essays did show the controls the US put on Cuba through the Platt Amendment after the 1898 Spanish American War put unfair limits on Cuba. To make Cuba safe for US business interests Cubans were limited in how they could develop and prosper in their own country. The US supported several brutal and unsavory dictators who were good for US business interests but not for Cubans own development. The final essay by Jorge Dominguez of Harvard gave a great amount of detail of the ups and downs of Cubans economy during the Castro years. Since my recent visit to Cuba I have realized I didn't know nearly enough about the island's history. This book was a good start to correcting that deficiency.… (meer)
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