Wednesdays 9:30 – 11:30 AM
January 12 through March 2, 2005
D.O.C. House
Cuban history and culture are unique. The island's vital importance to the Spanish Empire through four hundred years and the looming interest of the United States from Jefferson's administration to the present have been major factors. Add sugar, race, geography, and strong internal cultural and political forces. We will look at how these led to the rule of Batista and then Castro, with the help of visits from two Dartmouth history professors.
Selected readings will be put on reserve at Baker Library and some copied for distribution at ILEAD.
Class is limited to 15 members.
DALE BRYANT received a graduate degree in Latin American History from La Universidad de Las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, and lived with her family in five countries in the area. Cuba's people and its history have fascinated her for years and she returned to the island most recently in December 1999, with her Havana-born son.
