Download or read book La Habana Vieja written by Miguel Barnet and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Challenge of a utopia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Viaje en la memoria written by Patricia Rodríguez Alomá and published by Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana. This book was released on 1996 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Beyond the Walled City written by Guadalupe Garcia and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once one of the most important port cities in the New World, Havana was a model for the planning and construction of other colonial cities. This book tells the story of how Havana was conceived, built, and managed and explores the relationship between colonial empire and urbanization in the Americas. Guadalupe García shows how the policing of urban life and public space by imperial authorities from the sixteenth century onward was explicitly centered on politics of racial exclusion and social control. She illustrates the importance of colonial ideologies in the production of urban space and the centrality of race and racial exclusion as an organizing ideology of urban life in Havana. Beyond the Walled City connects colonial urban practices to contemporary debates on urbanization, the policing of public spaces, and the urban dislocation of black and ethnic populations across the region"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Great Houses of Havana written by Hermes Mallea and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Houses of Havana celebrates one hundred years of creativity, design, and style that made the city "the Paris of the Caribbean." For four hundred years, Havana was the center of Spanish trade in the western hemisphere. With the expansion of the sugar industry, independence from Spain, and North American investment, Havana became a city of great wealth, great style, and great houses in a vocabulary that was a unique amalgam of European, American, and Caribbean elements. Great Houses of Havana traces the evolution of the Cuban home from the classic, Spanish colonial courtyard house to the “Tropical Modernist” villas of the 1950s—houses reflecting international architecture trends while remaining true to the Cuban tradition. Cuba’s social history is woven throughout the book. Vintage photographs illustrate Havana’s sophisticated lifestyle—the masked balls, yacht club picnics, and dynastic weddings of fashionable Cubans and their international guests. Popular cafes, hotels, theaters, and weekend resorts are also featured, creating a view of the privileged life inside the gated mansions of the city’s grandest neighborhoods.

Download or read book DK Eyewitness Cuba written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-12-20 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Cuba's spectacular scenery, profound history and lively culture. Whether you want to experience the vivacious nightlife in Santiago de Cuba, recharge on the soft sands of the Jadrdines del Rey or trace the quest for independence across the country, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Cuba has to offer. A captivating time warp, Havana's timeless streets are home to opulent rooftop bars, sizzling nightclubs and a rising foodie scene. But there's more to Cuba than just one city - think bottle-green mountains draped in mist, lush valleys surrounded by tobacco fields and diamond-dust beaches that give way to crystal clear waters. Our newly updated guide brings Cuba to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights, trusted travel advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page, and our hand-drawn illustrations which place you inside the country's iconic buildings and neighbourhoods. We've also worked hard to make sure our information is as up-to-date as possible following the COVID-19 outbreak. DK Eyewitness Cuba is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime. Inside DK Eyewitness Cuba you will find: - A fully-illustrated top experiences guide: our expert pick of Cuba's must-sees and hidden gems - Accessible itineraries to make the most out of each and every day - Expert advice: honest recommendations for getting around safely, when to visit each sight, what to do before you visit, and how to save time and money - Colour-coded chapters to every part of Cuba, from Havana to Trinidad, Santa Cruz del Sur to Santiago de Cuba - Practical tips: the best places to eat, drink, shop and stay - Detailed maps and walks to help you navigate the state easily and confidently - Covers: La Habana Vieja, Centro Habana and Prado, Vedado and Plaza, Beyond the Centre, Western Cuba, Central Cuba - West, Central Cuba - East, Eastern Cuba Want the best of Cuba in your pocket? Try our DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cuba. About DK Eyewitness: At DK Eyewitness, we believe in the power of discovery. We make it easy for you to explore your dream destinations. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travelers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. Filled with expert advice, striking photography and detailed illustrations, our highly visual DK Eyewitness guides will get you closer to your next adventure. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations, from pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides. Named Top Guidebook Series at the 2020 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, we know that wherever you go next, your DK Eyewitness travel guides are the perfect companion.

Download or read book Havana Beyond the Ruins written by Anke Birkenmaier and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at portrayals of Havana in literature, music, and the visual arts in the post-Soviet era, as the city is reinvented as a destination for international tourists and business ventures.

Download or read book Cuba written by Carla Beltrami and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beaches, architecture, Carnival, nightlife, scuba diving, music, nature preserves, museums, restaurants, hotels, rum"--Cover.

Download or read book La Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana written by Patricia Rodríguez Alomá and published by La Oficina. This book was released on 1999 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Plazas and Barrios written by Joseph L. Scarpaci and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the travel industry has promoted trips to cultural landscapes that contain great historical and symbolic landmarks, and Latin American towns and cities are anything but isolated from this trend. Many historic city centers in Latin America have been preserved intact from the colonial era and today may serve institutional, commercial, or residential needs. Now economic forces from outside the region have created a demand for the preservation of historically "authentic" districts. This book explores how heritage tourism and globalization are reshaping the Latin American centro histórico, analyzing the transformation of the urban core from town plaza to historic center in nine cities: Bogotá, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cartagena, Colombia; Cuenca, Ecuador; Havana, Cuba; Montevideo, Uruguay; Puebla, Mexico; Quito, Ecuador; and Trinidad, Cuba. It tells how these pressures, combined with the advantage of a downtown location, have raised the potential of redeveloping these inner city areas but have also created the dilemma of how to restore and conserve them while responding to new economic imperatives. In an eclectic and interdisciplinary study, Joseph Scarpaci documents changes in far-flung corners of the Latin American metropolis using a broad palette of tools: urban morphology profiles, an original land-use survey of 30,000 doorways in nine historic districts, numerous photographs, and a review of the political, economic, and globalizing forces at work in historic districts. He examines urban change as reflected in architectural styles, neighborhood growth and decline, real estate markets, and local politics in order to show the long reach of globalization and modernity. Plazas and Barrios spans all of Spanish-speaking America to address the socio-political dimensions of urban change. It offers a means for understanding the tensions between the modern and traditional aspects of the built environment in each city and provides a key resource for geographers, urban planners, architectural historians, and all concerned with the implications of the emerging global economy.

Download or read book Moon Havana written by Christopher P. Baker and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moon Travel Guides: Your World, Your Way Enchanting music, incredible cuisine, and stunning colonial architecture: Havana's beauty and charm captivate everyone who visits. Dive in with Moon Havana. Easy-to-use itineraries, from a revolutionary history tour to a week covering cars, cigars, and cabarets, tailored for adventurers, party animals, artists, beach bums, history buffs, and more Activities and unique ideas for every traveler: Stroll through Habana Vieja and admire the old-world architecture and plazas lit by gas lanterns. Savor delectable criollo cuisine, indulge in the world's finest cigars, or sip mojitos and cuba libres made from the best Cuban rum. Visit the Museo de la Revolución for a taste of history, or discover the ins and outs of Cuba's nightlife, from salsa dancing to LGBT hotspots. And, don't miss Havana's incredible performance scene: Pick from Rat-Pack-style lounges, Afro-Cuban beats, classical music, Cuban ballet and more Honest advice from award-winning travel writer Christopher P. Baker on the country he has studied for decades Full-color photos and detailed maps and directions for exploring on your own Background information on the landscape, history, government, and culture, including a Spanish phrasebook A comprehensive guide to travel laws, visas and officialdom, and health and safety tips Essential insight for travelers on transportation and accommodations, packaged in a book light enough to fit in your carry-on With Moon Havana's practical tips, myriad activities, and local insight, you can plan your trip your way. Island-hopping around the Caribbean? Try Moon Aruba or Moon Jamaica.

Download or read book Havana written by Joseph L. Scarpaci and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly revised and redesigned, this book assesses nearly 500 years of urban development and planning in Havana, paying particular attention to the city's rich blend of Spanish-Cuban-Latin American-North American architecture and design.

Download or read book Madhouse written by Jennifer L. Lambe and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the outskirts of Havana lies Mazorra, an asylum known to--and at times feared by--ordinary Cubans for over a century. Since its founding in 1857, the island's first psychiatric hospital has been an object of persistent political attention. Drawing on hospital documents and government records, as well as the popular press, photographs, and oral histories, Jennifer L. Lambe charts the connections between the inner workings of this notorious institution and the highest echelons of Cuban politics. Across the sweep of modern Cuban history, she finds, Mazorra has served as both laboratory and microcosm of the Cuban state: the asylum is an icon of its ignominious colonial and neocolonial past and a crucible of its republican and revolutionary futures. From its birth, Cuban psychiatry was politically inflected, drawing partisan contention while sparking debates over race, religion, gender, and sexuality. Psychiatric notions were even invested with revolutionary significance after 1959, as the new government undertook ambitious schemes for social reeducation. But Mazorra was not the exclusive province of government officials and professionalizing psychiatrists. U.S. occupiers, Soviet visitors, and, above all, ordinary Cubans infused the institution, both literal and metaphorical, with their own fears, dreams, and alternative meanings. Together, their voices comprise the madhouse that, as Lambe argues, haunts the revolutionary trajectory of Cuban history.

Download or read book Havana written by and published by Umbrage Editions. This book was released on 2001 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El norteamericano Burt Glinn podría ser el fotógrafo extranjero que más testimonio visual obtuvo del minuto histórico que dió un vuelco revolucionario a la realidad cubana contemporánea. Algunos de sus más significativos trabajos han terminado siendo parte fundamentalmente integrante de la memoria visual del proceso que se desencadenó victoriosamente en el país, el 1ro de Enero de 1959. La atmósfera de efervescencia popular y el júbilo callejero de aquella jornada fueron magistralmente recogidos por el ojo inquisitivo del artista, que supo encontrar sentido y trascendencia en los gestos cargados de profunda emoción y colorido triunfalismo que caracterizaron la victoria de Fidel Castro y su ejército rebelde en Cuba; movimiento que desencadenaría un proceso transformador y radical que rápidamente sería visto con simpatía por el resto de los pueblos más pobres del continente americano.

Download or read book Havana Revisited written by Cathryn Griffith and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated book documents the history, preservation, and present uses of Havana’s most important buildings and urban spaces. Interpreting the present in light of the past, eleven renowned architects, historians, scholars, preservationists, and urban planners in Cuba and the United States provide a rigorous examination of Havana old and new that provokes exploration of the ways we look at all cities. These authoritative policy makers and thinkers raise issues of how the most important city in Spanish colonial America developed and changed over several centuries and the extent to which it is being restored and preserved today. More than 350 illustrations juxtapose historical colored postcard images of Havana with recent digital color photographs of the same views. The imagery, based on years of exhaustive research and investigation, draws from Cathryn Griffith’s collection of more than 600 postcards of Havana from 1900 to 1930, over 3,000 photographs made there during multiple trips since April 2003, and extensive interviews with experts in Havana and the United States.

Download or read book Colonial Reckoning written by Louis A Pérez Jr. and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Colonial Reckoning Louis A. Pérez Jr. examines Cuba’s wars for independence in the second half of the nineteenth century, focusing specifically on those Cubans who remained loyal to Spain. Drawing on newspaper articles, personal letters, military battle reports, government commissions, consular reports, literature, and other materials, Pérez shows how everyday black, white, and creole Cubans defended the Spanish empire as paramilitary guerrillas alongside white elites. These loyalist Cubans helped the Spanish fight a separatist insurgency composed of a similarly diverse population of Cubans. Pérez demonstrates that these wars were so deadly and drawn out precisely because Cubans fought on both sides, each holding myriad competing visions of sovereignty and contested meanings of nation. Complicating mythical and historiographical narratives that Cuban national liberation was a struggle waged between Cubans of color and white elites beholden to Spain, Pérez shows that the fight consisted of a great number of factions with unique and evolving motivations. In so doing, he interrogates anew the multifaceted social dimensions and multiple political aspects of the complex drama of Cuban national formation.

Download or read book Cuban Studies 36 written by Louis A. Perez, Jr. and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuban Studies has been published annually by the University of Pittsburgh Press since 1985. Founded in 1970, it is the preeminent journal for scholarly work on Cuba. Each volume includes articles in both English and Spanish, a large book review section, and an exhaustive compilation of recent works in the field. This volume contains articles on economics, politics, racial and gender issues, and the exodus of Cuban Jewry in the early 1960s, among others.