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Political Science General

Our Place in the Sun

Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era

edited by Robert Wright & Lana Wylie

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Sep 2009
Category
General, Essays
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802099709
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $90.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802096661
    Publish Date
    Jul 2009
    List Price
    $45.95
  • 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/.

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Lana Wylie is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University.

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