| No Barrier Can Contain It: Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War Contributor(s): Lambe, Ariel Mae (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469652854 ISBN-13: 9781469652856 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal |
| Dewey: 320.533 |
| LCCN: 2018055505 |
| Series: Envisioning Cuba |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.13 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Vividly recasting Cuba's politics in the 1930s as transnational, Ariel Mae Lambe has produced an unprecendented reimagining of Cuban activism during an era previously regarded as a lengthy, defeated lull. In this period, many Cuban activists began to look at their fight against strongman rule and neocolonial control at home as part of the international antifascism movement that exploded with the Spanish Civil War. Frustrated by multiple domestic setbacks, including Colonel Fulgencio Batista's violent crushing of a massive general strike, activists found strength in the face of repression by refusing to view their political goals as confined to the island. As individuals and in groups, Cubans from diverse backgrounds and political stances self-identified as antifascists and moved, both physically and symbolically, across borders and oceans, cultivating networks and building solidarity for a New Spain and a New Cuba. They believed that it was through these ostensibly foreign fights that they would achieve economic and social progress for their nation. Indeed, Cuban antifascism was such a strong movement, Lambe argues, that it helps to explain the surprisingly progressive turn that Batista and the Cuban government took at the end of the decade, including the establishment of a new constitution and presidential elections. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lambe, Ariel Mae: - Ariel Mae Lambe is assistant professor of history at the University of Connecticut. |
