Our Place in the Sun
Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2009
- Category
- General, Essays
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780802099709
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $90.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802096661
- Publish Date
- Jul 2009
- List Price
- $45.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442697324
- Publish Date
- Jul 2009
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Penned during the transition of power from Fidel Castro to Raúl Castro, Our Place in the Sun explores the Canadian-Cuban relationship from 1959 to the present day. The essays in this volume reflect upon the past but also explore the internal issues and external forces that will continue to influence the Canada-Cuba association in the years to come.
Many of this volume's contributors draw upon newly declassified sources and original interviews, providing unique insight into the historical, economic, and political realities affecting the Canada-Cuba connection. Featuring twelve original essays by a variety of scholars as well as a short memoir by former Canadian Ambassador to Cuba, Mark Entwistle, this important interdisciplinary collection calls into question past understandings of the Canadian-Cuban relationship. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Canadian and Cuban history of the last half-century, and the dynamics of North American politics more broadly.
About the authors
Robert Wright, Ph.D., is a professor of history at Trent University, specializing in foreign policy. He is the author of the national bestseller Three Nights In Havana, which won the 2008 Canadian Authors’ Association’s Lela Common Award for Canadian History and is currently being made into a feature documentary. He resides in Toronto with his wife and children. Visit him at http://www.robertwright.ca/.
Lana Wylie is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University.
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