Antoni Kapcia
Biographic Data
| ID | 505772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antoni Kapcia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antoni |
| FAMILY NAME | Kapcia |
| SIGNATURE | KAPCIA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle, by Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad
Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961-1981
This is the latest volume from the prolific Lillian Guerra, already deservedly acclaimed for her recent contributions to the history of Cuba, especially highlighting historical continuities in political culture. That acclaim has responded to her prodigious level of fascinating detail, a sharp and questioning eye for evidence, an engaging style, and a nuanced approach, uncovering the realities beneath the surface of histories of Cuba and opening o…
Franklin Roosevelt and the Cuban Left: Contradictions of the Colonised Mind
In any study of modern Cuban history, 1933 is seen as a turning point, either a “prelude to revolution” (for some) or because it divided the overtly neo-colonial First Republic (1902-33) from the Second (1934-58), changing the scope and nature of US involvement in Cuba, with the Platt Amendment replaced by a more complex economic and political dependency. However, it was also when, under Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), a different United States seem…
Cuba: El largo siglo XX , by Oscar Zanetti Lecuona
A Short History of Revolutionary Cuba: Power, Authority and the State since 1959
Few island nations have stirred the soul like Cuba. From Hemingway’s intoxicating Havana to Ry Cooder’s Buena Vista Social Club, outsiders have persistently been fascinated by Cuba for its music (jazz to rumba), its rich literature, its art and dance (danzón to mambo) and perhaps above all for its bold experiment of a socialist revolution in action. Antoni Kapcia shows how the thaw in relations between Cuba and the USA now makes a fresh appraisal…
The Revolution from Within: Cuba, 1959-1980
As memory studies (that discipline occupying the hinterland between history, archaeology, and cultural studies) continues its onward march, it reminds us of historians' constant need to address the invention of tradition with E. H. Carr's 1961 question in mind: What is history? If that question is relevant for all historians, it is especially so in the case of Cuba, about which history has long been a battleground: between opposing ideologies, pa…
Cuba’s Revolutionary World, by Jonathan C. Brown
One approaches with some caution a new Cuba book of this length, especially with its intriguing, but unclear, title. Does it offer anything substantially new? If so, what are the sources for the new materials or interpretations? And what does the title mean? Regrettably, although there is much to welcome about the book’s detail, the latter question remains ultimately unanswered. For that ‘world’ seems to consist of three, seemingly unlinked, aspe…
Heroes, Martyrs, & Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958
"Heroes, Martyrs, & Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946–1958." History: Reviews of New Books, 47(3), pp. 57–58
Binaries and Stereotypes: Cuba on the World Stage
It has often been observed that, since 1960, Cuba has punched well above its weight globally. The Revolution reshaped international politics (quite apart from the 1962 Missile Crisis), bringing a "before and after" dimension to U.S. policies in Latin America, and later helping to reshape southern Africa's political map. Modern Cuba's external profile has certainly been remarkable
Cuba in a Global Context: International Relations, Internationalism, and Transnationalism, edited by Catherine Krull
Cuba Just Yesterday and Today: Negotiating Toward What, Exactly
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S panish– A merican W ar of 1898
The war between Spain and the United States was actually the final stage in a struggle between Cuban rebels and Spanish colonialism, which had produced two previous rebellions and a growing involvement of Cuba's black population. In 1895, a third rebellion began and soon spread across the island, despite a gross inequality between the combatant forces. The destructive tactics of the rebels and the ruthlessness of the Spanish strategy aroused conc…
Leadership in the Cuban Revolution: The Unseen Story
Most conventional readings of the Cuban Revolution have seemed mesmerised by the personality and role of Fidel Castro, often missing a deeper political understanding of the Revolution’s underlying structures, bases of popular loyalty and ethos of participation. In this ground-breaking work, Antoni Kapcia focuses instead on a wider cast of characters. Along with the more obvious, albeit often misunderstood, contributions from Che Guevara and Raúl …
Afterword: Cuba and Latin America
Celebrating 50 Years - But of What Exactly and Why is Latin America Celebrating It
Burning Cane. Sugar Communities, Class, and State Formation in Cuba, 1868–1959
El proceso político en Cuba y la cuestión de la reforma
El autor trata de dar respuesta a la continua evolución de la estructura política cubana a partir de los cambios acaecidos en 1989 e incluso remontándose al mismo momento de la victoria de la revolución en 1959, enfatizando los debates y condicionantes internos. En este sentido, identifica los principales factores que pueden determinar el futuro de la Isla: 1) los éxitos o fracasos de la economía, a nivel macro pero también a nivel doméstico; 2) …
Lessons of the Special Period: Learning to March Again
With our attention drawn to Cuba's economic reforms and with assumptions about "transition" and about the monolithic but also "personalist" system, the Special Period's political dimension has largely been neglected, despite those years' genuine debate (about the meaning of "the revolution") and the leadership's recognition of the need for adaptation and reappraisal. That dimension should be set against the revolution's preceding pattern-not the …
The Changing Dynamic of Cuban Civil Society
Does a civil society actually exist in Cuba today and if so what is its nature and role? In seeking answers to this contested and politicized question, the editors of this book have assembled a diverse group of contributors. The essays range from general discussion of the private sector to case studies about volunteer work, religious entities, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the economic crisis in …
Does Cuba Fit Yet or Is It Still 'Exceptional
Much of the external literature on the Cuban Revolution has been characterised by two dichotomies between 'exceptionalism' on the hand and the application of non-Cuban paradigms on the other, and that between Fidel-focussed interpretations and more systemic perspectives. This article examines the evolution of these dichotomies, from initial enthusiasm or condemnation, through an emerging awareness of a historical dimension, a focus on the social …
Havana: The Making of Cuban Culture
Fat cigars, big cars, dirty money, vibrant music, intellectual ferment. Havana, since its creation in 1535, has long offered a unique, bewildering mix of the backward and the hip, the seedy and the sophisticated. In many respects, it shares the characteristics of other colonial or post-colonial cities of the Caribbean and Latin America. But at the same time, Havana created its own niche both as an international city and a dynamic national capital…
Reading the Revolution: Where Has the Literature Taken Us in Understanding Cuba
Cuba. A New History, by Richard Gott. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004. – The Cuban Revolution. Past, Present and Future Perspectives, by Geraldine Lievesley. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. – People’s Power. Cuba’s Experience with Representative Government, by Peter Roman. (Updated edition) Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. – Cuba. A Revolution in Motion, by Isaac…
The Siege of the Hotel Nacional, Cuba, 1933: A Reassessment
The Hotel Nacional battle occurred during the decisive 1933 revolution, when the siege of the deposed military reached its bloody finale. Overall, historians have downplayed the incident or disagreed about the details and its significance. Such neglect and disagreement can be explained by contemporary confusion and the urge of those subsequently seeking to legitimise the revolution to hide the unpalatable and rewrite history. However, the siege m…
Politics in Cuba: Beyond the stereotypes
What Went Wrong? The Sandinista Revolution
Does Cuba Fit Yet or Is It Still 'Exceptional
Much of the external literature on the Cuban Revolution has been characterised by two dichotomies between 'exceptionalism' on the hand and the application of non-Cuban paradigms on the other, and that between Fidel-focussed interpretations and more systemic perspectives. This article examines the evolution of these dichotomies, from initial enthusiasm or condemnation, through an emerging awareness of a historical dimension, a focus on the social …
Lessons of the Special Period: Learning to March Again
With our attention drawn to Cuba's economic reforms and with assumptions about "transition" and about the monolithic but also "personalist" system, the Special Period's political dimension has largely been neglected, despite those years' genuine debate (about the meaning of "the revolution") and the leadership's recognition of the need for adaptation and reappraisal. That dimension should be set against the revolution's preceding pattern-not the …
Revolution, the Intellectual and a Cuban Identity: The Long Tradition
The literary explosion in the wake of the revolutionary victory in Cuba in 1959 is, by now, well documented. The protagonists of this explosion-either those committed to the Revolution, those critically sympathetic, disenchanted or frankly hostile-have all become a part of the known Latin American literary panorama. As yet, however, except at a basic survey level, there has been little attempt to synthesize studies of the component parts into a c…
Binaries and Stereotypes: Cuba on the World Stage
It has often been observed that, since 1960, Cuba has punched well above its weight globally. The Revolution reshaped international politics (quite apart from the 1962 Missile Crisis), bringing a "before and after" dimension to U.S. policies in Latin America, and later helping to reshape southern Africa's political map. Modern Cuba's external profile has certainly been remarkable
Celebrating 50 Years - But of What Exactly and Why is Latin America Celebrating It
What Went Wrong? The Sandinista Revolution
Revolution, the Intellectual and a Cuban Identity: The Long Tradition
The literary explosion in the wake of the revolutionary victory in Cuba in 1959 is, by now, well documented. The protagonists of this explosion-either those committed to the Revolution, those critically sympathetic, disenchanted or frankly hostile-have all become a part of the known Latin American literary panorama. As yet, however, except at a basic survey level, there has been little attempt to synthesize studies of the component parts into a c…
Cuban Relations in the 1990s
Josef Opatrny, US Expansionism and Cuban Annexationism in the 1850s (Prague: (Charles University, 1990), pp. 272
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What Went Wrong? The Sandinista Revolution
Politics in Cuba: Beyond the stereotypes
The Siege of the Hotel Nacional, Cuba, 1933: A Reassessment
The Hotel Nacional battle occurred during the decisive 1933 revolution, when the siege of the deposed military reached its bloody finale. Overall, historians have downplayed the incident or disagreed about the details and its significance. Such neglect and disagreement can be explained by contemporary confusion and the urge of those subsequently seeking to legitimise the revolution to hide the unpalatable and rewrite history. However, the siege m…
Havana: The Making of Cuban Culture
Fat cigars, big cars, dirty money, vibrant music, intellectual ferment. Havana, since its creation in 1535, has long offered a unique, bewildering mix of the backward and the hip, the seedy and the sophisticated. In many respects, it shares the characteristics of other colonial or post-colonial cities of the Caribbean and Latin America. But at the same time, Havana created its own niche both as an international city and a dynamic national capital…
Reading the Revolution: Where Has the Literature Taken Us in Understanding Cuba
Cuba. A New History, by Richard Gott. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004. – The Cuban Revolution. Past, Present and Future Perspectives, by Geraldine Lievesley. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. – People’s Power. Cuba’s Experience with Representative Government, by Peter Roman. (Updated edition) Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. – Cuba. A Revolution in Motion, by Isaac…
The Changing Dynamic of Cuban Civil Society
Does a civil society actually exist in Cuba today and if so what is its nature and role? In seeking answers to this contested and politicized question, the editors of this book have assembled a diverse group of contributors. The essays range from general discussion of the private sector to case studies about volunteer work, religious entities, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the economic crisis in …
Does Cuba Fit Yet or Is It Still 'Exceptional
Much of the external literature on the Cuban Revolution has been characterised by two dichotomies between 'exceptionalism' on the hand and the application of non-Cuban paradigms on the other, and that between Fidel-focussed interpretations and more systemic perspectives. This article examines the evolution of these dichotomies, from initial enthusiasm or condemnation, through an emerging awareness of a historical dimension, a focus on the social …
El proceso político en Cuba y la cuestión de la reforma
El autor trata de dar respuesta a la continua evolución de la estructura política cubana a partir de los cambios acaecidos en 1989 e incluso remontándose al mismo momento de la victoria de la revolución en 1959, enfatizando los debates y condicionantes internos. En este sentido, identifica los principales factores que pueden determinar el futuro de la Isla: 1) los éxitos o fracasos de la economía, a nivel macro pero también a nivel doméstico; 2) …
Lessons of the Special Period: Learning to March Again
With our attention drawn to Cuba's economic reforms and with assumptions about "transition" and about the monolithic but also "personalist" system, the Special Period's political dimension has largely been neglected, despite those years' genuine debate (about the meaning of "the revolution") and the leadership's recognition of the need for adaptation and reappraisal. That dimension should be set against the revolution's preceding pattern-not the …
Burning Cane. Sugar Communities, Class, and State Formation in Cuba, 1868–1959
Afterword: Cuba and Latin America
Celebrating 50 Years - But of What Exactly and Why is Latin America Celebrating It
Leadership in the Cuban Revolution: The Unseen Story
Most conventional readings of the Cuban Revolution have seemed mesmerised by the personality and role of Fidel Castro, often missing a deeper political understanding of the Revolution’s underlying structures, bases of popular loyalty and ethos of participation. In this ground-breaking work, Antoni Kapcia focuses instead on a wider cast of characters. Along with the more obvious, albeit often misunderstood, contributions from Che Guevara and Raúl …
S panish– A merican W ar of 1898
The war between Spain and the United States was actually the final stage in a struggle between Cuban rebels and Spanish colonialism, which had produced two previous rebellions and a growing involvement of Cuba's black population. In 1895, a third rebellion began and soon spread across the island, despite a gross inequality between the combatant forces. The destructive tactics of the rebels and the ruthlessness of the Spanish strategy aroused conc…
Cuba Just Yesterday and Today: Negotiating Toward What, Exactly
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Cuba in a Global Context: International Relations, Internationalism, and Transnationalism, edited by Catherine Krull
Cuba’s Revolutionary World, by Jonathan C. Brown
One approaches with some caution a new Cuba book of this length, especially with its intriguing, but unclear, title. Does it offer anything substantially new? If so, what are the sources for the new materials or interpretations? And what does the title mean? Regrettably, although there is much to welcome about the book’s detail, the latter question remains ultimately unanswered. For that ‘world’ seems to consist of three, seemingly unlinked, aspe…
Heroes, Martyrs, & Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958
"Heroes, Martyrs, & Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946–1958." History: Reviews of New Books, 47(3), pp. 57–58
Binaries and Stereotypes: Cuba on the World Stage
It has often been observed that, since 1960, Cuba has punched well above its weight globally. The Revolution reshaped international politics (quite apart from the 1962 Missile Crisis), bringing a "before and after" dimension to U.S. policies in Latin America, and later helping to reshape southern Africa's political map. Modern Cuba's external profile has certainly been remarkable
A Short History of Revolutionary Cuba: Power, Authority and the State since 1959
Few island nations have stirred the soul like Cuba. From Hemingway’s intoxicating Havana to Ry Cooder’s Buena Vista Social Club, outsiders have persistently been fascinated by Cuba for its music (jazz to rumba), its rich literature, its art and dance (danzón to mambo) and perhaps above all for its bold experiment of a socialist revolution in action. Antoni Kapcia shows how the thaw in relations between Cuba and the USA now makes a fresh appraisal…
The Revolution from Within: Cuba, 1959-1980
As memory studies (that discipline occupying the hinterland between history, archaeology, and cultural studies) continues its onward march, it reminds us of historians' constant need to address the invention of tradition with E. H. Carr's 1961 question in mind: What is history? If that question is relevant for all historians, it is especially so in the case of Cuba, about which history has long been a battleground: between opposing ideologies, pa…
Franklin Roosevelt and the Cuban Left: Contradictions of the Colonised Mind
In any study of modern Cuban history, 1933 is seen as a turning point, either a “prelude to revolution” (for some) or because it divided the overtly neo-colonial First Republic (1902-33) from the Second (1934-58), changing the scope and nature of US involvement in Cuba, with the Platt Amendment replaced by a more complex economic and political dependency. However, it was also when, under Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), a different United States seem…
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