Cuba Under the Platt Amendment, 1902-1934

by Louis A. Pérez Jr.

Book Overview

- Choice 1987 Outstanding Academic Book

This book examines the early years of the Cuban Republic, launched in 1902 after the war with Spain. Although no longer a colony, the country was still hobbled by continuing dependence on and exploitation from a foreign power. P rez shows how U.S. armed intervention in Cuba in 1898 and subsequent military occupation revitalized elements of the colonial system that would serve imperialist interests during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082295446X
• ISBN13: 9780822954460
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"