War Of 1898 The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography

Name: War Of 1898 The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography
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ISBN: 9780807847428

ISBN-10: 0807847429

ISBN-13: 9780807847428

Edition: 1998

Authors: Louis A. Pï¿½rez, Louis A. Pï¿½rez

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A century after the Cuban war for independence was fought, Louis Pérez examines the meaning of the war of 1898 as represented in one hundred years of American historical writing. Offering both a critique of the conventional historiography and an alternate history of the war informed by Cuban sources, Pérez explores the assumptions that have shaped our understanding of the "Spanish-American War"a construct, he argues, that denies the Cubans' participation in their own struggle for liberation from Spanish rule. Pérez examines historical accounts of the destruction of the battleshipMaine, the representation of public opinion as a precipitant of war, and the treatment of the military campaign…

Book details

List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 10/12/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 190
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

A former staff writer for the Miami Herald, Rodrigo Lazo is assistant professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.



Contents


Preface Chronology



On Context and Condition



Intervention and Intent



Meaning of the Maine



Constructing the Cuban Absence



1898 to 1998: From Memory to Consciousness


Notes


Bibliographical


Essay Index