The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics

✍ Scribed by Aviva Chomsky (editor); Pamela Maria Smorkaloff (editor); Barry Carr (editor); Robin Kirk (editor); Orin Starn (editor)

Publisher: Duke University Press
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 730
Category: Library

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The essential collection of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history and cultral writing from and about Cuba. The latest in the series that also includes the Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru Readers.

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