Robert Whitney
Biographic Data
| ID | 651311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Whitney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitney |
| SIGNATURE | WHITNEY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946–1958, by Lillian Guerra
Lillian Guerra has written another major contribution to Cuban history, drawing on her extensive knowledge of Cuban archives, other primary sources, and personal interviews that shed new light on a decisive period of Cuban history.For too long most work on the Cuban Revolution has accepted false claims or misleading myths about its origins and development.One is the mistaken notion that a small group of guerrillas, under Fidel Castro, embodied th…
Black British Migrants in Cuba: Race, Labor, and Empire in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean, 1898-1948
Book reviewers should be reticent about using the terms “definitive” or “comprehensive” to describe a work of scholarship. After all, no matter the topic, there will always be something new to say, more sources will come to light, and new research methodologies will make us reevaluate past interpretations. But, in very rare cases, a book is published that sets such a high standard of scholarship that not only does it surpass all previous work on …
Empire's Guestworkers: Haitian Migrants in Cuba during the Age of US Occupation
Academics who study Cuba, Haiti, and the Caribbean are aware of the importance of Haitian migration to Cuba. Yet with the notable exception of a few scholarly articles, our knowledge about Haitian migrants in Cuba has been both superficial and one-dimensional. Superficial because we knew very little about how and why Haitians went to Cuba; one-dimensional because most writing about Haitians in Cuba portrays them as a passive workforce under the c…
Eduardo Chibás: The Incorrigible Man of Cuban Politics, written by Ilan Ehrlich
Philip A. Howard. Black Labor, White Sugar: Caribbean Braceros and Their Struggle for Power in the Cuban Sugar Industry
Black Labor, White Sugar: Caribbean Braceros and Their Struggle for Power in the Cuban Sugar Industry is a major addition to the scholarship on twentieth-century Cuban history and the Cuban sugar industry. Scholars have long recognized the critical role of British Caribbean and Haitian laborers in the Cuba sugar industry, but very few scholars have published book-length studies about who these laborers where, why and how they went to Cuba, the la…
Lillian Guerra. Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959–1971
In 1991, while in Havana, I was part of a family discussion about the profound economic and political crisis Cuba was experiencing. Someone mentioned the slogan “Socialism or Death.” Someone else responded, “Well, I'm not sure if I'd die for socialism, but I'd die for the revolution.” That comment provoked a fascinating, often heated, exchange about what “socialism” and “revolution” meant. For some, both terms were positive, meaning Cubans should…
Subjects or Citizens: British Caribbean Workers in Cuba, 1900-1960
Subjects or Citizens: British Caribbean Workers in Cuba, 1900 1960
Cuba is widely recognized as a major hub of the transatlantic Hispanic and African diasporas throughout the colonial period. Less well known is that during the first half of the twentieth century it was also the center of circum-Caribbean diasporas with over 200,000 immigrants arriving mainly from Jamaica and Haiti. The migration of British West Indians was a critical part of the economic and historical development of the island during the twenti…
Guantánamo: A Working Class History Between Empire and Revolution. By Jana Lipman
State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940
A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth Century Cuba
After 30 years of anti-colonial struggle against Spain and four years of military occupation by the United States, Cuba formally became an independent republic in 1902. The nationalist coalition that fought for Cuba's freedom, a movement in which blacks and mulattoes were well-represented, had envisioned an egalitarian and inclusive country - a nation for all, as Jose Marti described it. But did the Cuban republic, and later the Cuban revolution,…
History or Teleology: Recent Scholarship on Cuba before 1959
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button
The Architect of the Cuban State: Fulgencio Batista and Populism in Cuba, 1937-1940
This article examines how Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar emerged as the 'strong man' of Cuba. Historians have pointed out that from 1934 to 1940 Batista's primary support came from the army and the police. We also know that, like many other Latin American leaders at the time, Batista went through a 'populist phase'. Populists acknowledged the reality that 'the masses' were a new force in society and that 'the people' were at the centre of the natio…
The political economy of abolition: The Hispano‐Cuban elite and Cuban slavery, 1868–1873
(1992). The political economy of abolition: The Hispano‐Cuban elite and Cuban slavery, 1868–1873. Slavery & Abolition: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 20-36
State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940
The Architect of the Cuban State: Fulgencio Batista and Populism in Cuba, 1937-1940
This article examines how Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar emerged as the 'strong man' of Cuba. Historians have pointed out that from 1934 to 1940 Batista's primary support came from the army and the police. We also know that, like many other Latin American leaders at the time, Batista went through a 'populist phase'. Populists acknowledged the reality that 'the masses' were a new force in society and that 'the people' were at the centre of the natio…
The political economy of abolition: The Hispano‐Cuban elite and Cuban slavery, 1868–1873
(1992). The political economy of abolition: The Hispano‐Cuban elite and Cuban slavery, 1868–1873. Slavery & Abolition: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 20-36
The political economy of abolition: The Hispano‐Cuban elite and Cuban slavery, 1868–1873
(1992). The political economy of abolition: The Hispano‐Cuban elite and Cuban slavery, 1868–1873. Slavery & Abolition: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 20-36
The Architect of the Cuban State: Fulgencio Batista and Populism in Cuba, 1937-1940
This article examines how Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar emerged as the 'strong man' of Cuba. Historians have pointed out that from 1934 to 1940 Batista's primary support came from the army and the police. We also know that, like many other Latin American leaders at the time, Batista went through a 'populist phase'. Populists acknowledged the reality that 'the masses' were a new force in society and that 'the people' were at the centre of the natio…
History or Teleology: Recent Scholarship on Cuba before 1959
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button
State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940
A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth Century Cuba
After 30 years of anti-colonial struggle against Spain and four years of military occupation by the United States, Cuba formally became an independent republic in 1902. The nationalist coalition that fought for Cuba's freedom, a movement in which blacks and mulattoes were well-represented, had envisioned an egalitarian and inclusive country - a nation for all, as Jose Marti described it. But did the Cuban republic, and later the Cuban revolution,…
Guantánamo: A Working Class History Between Empire and Revolution. By Jana Lipman
Subjects or Citizens: British Caribbean Workers in Cuba, 1900-1960
Subjects or Citizens: British Caribbean Workers in Cuba, 1900 1960
Cuba is widely recognized as a major hub of the transatlantic Hispanic and African diasporas throughout the colonial period. Less well known is that during the first half of the twentieth century it was also the center of circum-Caribbean diasporas with over 200,000 immigrants arriving mainly from Jamaica and Haiti. The migration of British West Indians was a critical part of the economic and historical development of the island during the twenti…
Lillian Guerra. Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959–1971
In 1991, while in Havana, I was part of a family discussion about the profound economic and political crisis Cuba was experiencing. Someone mentioned the slogan “Socialism or Death.” Someone else responded, “Well, I'm not sure if I'd die for socialism, but I'd die for the revolution.” That comment provoked a fascinating, often heated, exchange about what “socialism” and “revolution” meant. For some, both terms were positive, meaning Cubans should…
Philip A. Howard. Black Labor, White Sugar: Caribbean Braceros and Their Struggle for Power in the Cuban Sugar Industry
Black Labor, White Sugar: Caribbean Braceros and Their Struggle for Power in the Cuban Sugar Industry is a major addition to the scholarship on twentieth-century Cuban history and the Cuban sugar industry. Scholars have long recognized the critical role of British Caribbean and Haitian laborers in the Cuba sugar industry, but very few scholars have published book-length studies about who these laborers where, why and how they went to Cuba, the la…
Eduardo Chibás: The Incorrigible Man of Cuban Politics, written by Ilan Ehrlich
Empire's Guestworkers: Haitian Migrants in Cuba during the Age of US Occupation
Academics who study Cuba, Haiti, and the Caribbean are aware of the importance of Haitian migration to Cuba. Yet with the notable exception of a few scholarly articles, our knowledge about Haitian migrants in Cuba has been both superficial and one-dimensional. Superficial because we knew very little about how and why Haitians went to Cuba; one-dimensional because most writing about Haitians in Cuba portrays them as a passive workforce under the c…
Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946–1958, by Lillian Guerra
Lillian Guerra has written another major contribution to Cuban history, drawing on her extensive knowledge of Cuban archives, other primary sources, and personal interviews that shed new light on a decisive period of Cuban history.For too long most work on the Cuban Revolution has accepted false claims or misleading myths about its origins and development.One is the mistaken notion that a small group of guerrillas, under Fidel Castro, embodied th…
Black British Migrants in Cuba: Race, Labor, and Empire in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean, 1898-1948
Book reviewers should be reticent about using the terms “definitive” or “comprehensive” to describe a work of scholarship. After all, no matter the topic, there will always be something new to say, more sources will come to light, and new research methodologies will make us reevaluate past interpretations. But, in very rare cases, a book is published that sets such a high standard of scholarship that not only does it surpass all previous work on …
Political science (14 works) · Cuban History and Society (12 works) · Law (12 works) · History (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economic history (6 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)