Bibliography
General Information
Cole, Andrew
1995 Cuba, Pearl of the Caribbean. Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books.
A new guidebook for tourists, with more photographs, cultural explanations,
and historical information than is usual in guidebooks.
Knight, Franklin W.
1994 "West IndiesCuba." The New Encyclopædia Britannica
(15th ed.). Macropædia: Knowledge in Depth (Vol. 29,
pp. 732-740). Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica.
An excellent, objective, recently-written introduction to Cuba, with
sections on the land, the economy, the history, the government, and
the culture.
Rudolph, James D. (Ed.)
1987 Cuba: A Country Study (Area Handbook Series). Washington,
DC: Library of Congress, Federal Research Division. (Available from Superintendent
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402)
An extensive description of Cuba and its history that focuses on aspects
of Cuba that are relevant to U.S. government interests. This edition
predates the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but contains a wealth
of background information and statistics.
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public
Communication
1994 (Nov) "Cuba." Background Notes, 5(14).
A short (8-page) pamphlet giving basic information about Cuba. Has
an excellent map, and contains information of interest and relevance
to State Department officials. These pamphlets are updated on a regular
basis; the latest can be ordered by calling (202) 647-9272 or (202)
647-9273.
National Geographic
Your public library very probably has an extensive run of National
Geographics, and an afternoon reading the articles on Cuba will give
you a fairly complete picture of events and changes there from a mainstream
American point of view. The larger articles on Cuba over the last 75 years:
1992
January Cobb, Charles E., Jr. "Miami."
Description of the city, with brief vignettes of Cuban-American life,
and discussions of the contributions made to the city by the Cuban-American
community.
1991
August White, Peter T. "Cuba at a Crossroads."
The author's report of an eight-week stay in Cuba at a time when effects
of the dissolution of the Soviet Union were being felt.
1989
August Judge, Joseph. "The Many Lives of Old Havana."
A description of the old sections of Havana with extraordinary photographs,
and a discussion of plans to restore it.
1977
January Ward, Fred. "Inside Cuba Today."
The author's account of his three-month stay and travels in revolutionary
Cuba, with descriptions of day-to-day life and a report and pictures of
his interview with Castro.
1961
March Billard, Jules B. "Guantánamo: Keystone in the Caribbean."
Detailed description of the American base at Guantánamo, including
information about life on and off the base for Americans, and a discussion
of the relationship between the Americans and Cubans.
1947
January Grosvenor, Melville Bell. "CubaAmerican Sugar Bowl."
An account of the author's trip through rural areas as well as Havana,
including descriptions from historical perspectives of smaller towns,
a tobacco plantation, and sugar fields.
1933
September Canova, Enrique C. "CubaThe Isle of Romance."
Description of daily life in Havana with emphasis on aspects of interest
to Americans, and a discussion of the economic importance of Cuba to the
United States at the time.
1920
July Showalter, William Joseph. "CubaThe Sugar Mill of the Antilles."
An amazed and amazing account of the wealth of natural resources on Cuba,
and detailed descriptions of sugar processing, cigar making, and tourist
affairs.
Other National
Geographic articles of historic interest
1909 February Gannett, Henry. "Conditions in Cuba as Revealed by
the Census."
1908 July Wilcox, Walter D. "Among the Mahogany Forests of Cuba."
1907 July Taft, William H. "Some Recent Instances of National Altruism:
The Efforts of the United States to Aid the Peoples of Cuba, Puerto Rico
and the Philippines."
1906 October (no author) "CubaThe Pearl of the Antilles."
1906 February (no author) "The Isle of Pines."
1903 March (no author) "Development of Cuba."
1902 February (no author) "American Progress in Cuba."
1901 December (no author) "Yellow Fever in Cuba."
1900 May (no author) "The Cuban Census."
1900 January Austin, O.P. "Our New Possessions and the Interest
They Are Exciting."
1898 May Hill, Robert T. "Cuba."
1898 May Hyde, John. "Trade of the United States with Cuba."
Information
on Current Events
For information on the Cuban refugee crisis of AugustSeptember
1994, national news magazines like Newsweek, Time, and U.S.
News and World Report are likely to be your most available sources
of day-to-day information, for example:
Newsweek Sep 5, 1994 Post, Tom, et al. "Against the Wind."
Time Aug 29, 1994 Gibbs, Nancy R. "Dire Straits."
Sep 12, 1994 Booth, Cathy. "What's a Poor Patriot to Do?"
Sep 19, 1994 Nelan, Bruce W. "The Line Starts Now."
U.S. News and World Report
Aug 29 & Sep 5, 1994Robinson, Linda, et al. "Holding Back the
Tide."
Sep 12, 1994 Robinson, Linda, et al. "Storm Clouds Over Cuba."
The national editions of the New York Times and Wall Street
Journal are likely to be the most available sources outside Florida
for day-to-day information on happenings between the U.S. and Cuba. Inside
Florida or at larger libraries, The Miami Herald has extensive
coverage of Cuban and Cuban-American issues.
Information
on Cuban Refugees
U.S. Committee for Refugees
Refugee Reports
A newsletter published by the U.S. Committee for Refugees, 1717 Massachusetts
Avenue NW, Suite 701, Washington DC 20036, telephone (202) 347-3507. Each
issue is about 20 pages, and contains detailed information. Issues with
extensive coverage of the Cuban refugees are Volume V, Number 21 (November
30, 1984), Volume X, Number 10 (October 20, 1989), and Volume XVI, No.
9 (September 29, 1995.
Information
on Life in Cuba
Center for Cuban Studies, New York
Cuba Update
A bimonthly publication describing life in Cuba, with each issue focusing
on a theme, such as U.S. Immigration Policy (No. 1-2, 1994), Economic
Reforms (February 1995), Women's Lives (June 1995), Traveling to Cuba
(October 1995), and Sexual Politics (May 1994). Issues also include
summaries and reports of recent events. Articles are sympathetic to
Cuba. They are well researched and provide information in detail unavailable
from other general sources.
Frank, Marc
1993 Cuba Looks to the Year 2000. New York: International Publishers.
A sympathetic explanation of Castro's Cuba, especially the developments
of the "Rectification" movement in the late '80s and those
to shore up the economy after 1991.
Leiner, Marvin
1994 Sexual Politics in Cuba: Machismo, Homosexuality, and AIDS.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
An outstanding resource for a general understanding of Cuba's social
and political goals, successes, and challenges since the revolution,
unfortunately titled to appeal to a limited audience. The author is
an internationally known scholar on Cuban schools and has made frequent
research trips to Cuba over the past twenty-five years.
Perez-Lopez, Jorge (Ed.)
Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Cuban Studies
A journal containing a wide variety of articles on Cuba, many of them
by academics who have studied Cuba for many years. Each issue contains,
besides articles, a comprehensive listing of recent work in Cuban studies
including books, journals, newspaper articles, and other sources.
Information
on Cubans in the United States
Carrasquillo, Angela L.
1991 Hispanic Children and Youth in the United States: A Resource Guide.
New York: Garland.
This resource guide organizes in one source a wide range of narrative
and statistical information on the children, youth, families, needs,
and resources of Hispanic groups in the US, including Cubans, Dominicans,
Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, and others. In chapters focusing on
topics such as culture and language, family, education, or health, the
author points out both similarities and differences among Hispanic cultures
in the US.
Cuban American National Council
1989 The Elusive Decade of Hispanics. New York: The Ford Foundation.
(EDRS No. ED320969) (Call the ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 1-800-443-ERIC,
for information on obtaining microfiche or hard copy.)
A twenty-four-page summary of the Hispanic-American population's progress
and challenges in attaining full participation in American social, political,
economic and educational life during the 80s. The effects of various
policies on the Cuban-American community are discussed.
Grafton, Lisa M.
1992 An Ethnographic Case Study of a Hispanic ESL Student. (EDRS
No. ED 349 355) (Call the ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 1-800-443-ERIC,
for information on obtaining microfiche or hard copy.)
A in-depth report on one Cuban-American student as he adjusts to life
in an American school.
Grenier, Guillermo J. and Alex Stepick III (Eds.)
1996 Miami Now! Immigration, Ethnicity, and Social Change. Miami:
University Press of Florida.
A brand-new book on Miami and its unique situation as the city having
the largest proportion of foreign-born residents in the United States.
Various articles address the impact of the Cubans on the city.
Silva, Helga
1985 The Children of Mariel: Cuban Refugee Children in South Florida
Schools. Washington, DC: The Cuban American National Foundation,
Inc.
A thoughtful, extensive analysis of Cuban refugee children and their
problems in adjusting to American schools.
CubanAmerican
Relationships
Cuba Information Project, New York
Cuba Action
A quarterly newsletter listing itself as "An Organizer's Resource
for Ending the Caribbean Cold War." Information on the project
and its publications can be gotten by calling (212) 366-6703, or faxing
(212) 229-2557, or writing Cuba Information Project, 121 East 27th Street,
Room 1202A, New York NY 10001.
North American Congress on Latin America
1990 (Nov) Enemy of Convenience: The United States vs. Cuba. Report
on the Americas, 24(3).
A collection of articles reporting on Cuba and its relationships with
the United States. The articles are on a variety of subjects, such as
radio broadcasting from the U.S. into Cuba, a history of government
actions, etc., and carry a determined pro-Castro, anti-American policy
slant.
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