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Research Resources : Bibliographic resources : Books, research papers, and bibliographies
Bibliographies and Research Guides, Cuban Heritage Collection
Location: University of Miami, US
Description: These bibliographies are in-depth compilations of citations for primary and secondary sources about selected topics in Cuban and Cuban-American studies. Compiled by librarians at the University of Miami Libraries, other affiliated scholars, and by librarians and scholars at other institutions.
URL: http://digital.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/bib.shtml (English)
Boitel vive. Testimonio desde el actual presidio politico cubano, CADAL and Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Date: 2005/04/00
Description: Testimony from jail by political prisoner Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez”.
URL: http://www.cadal.org/libros/pdf/Boitel_Vive.pdf (Spanish)
Changes in Cuban Society since the Nineties-#15, The Woodrow Wilson Center
Description: Edited by Joseph S. Tulchin, Lilian Bobea, Mayra P. Espina Prieto and Rafael Hernández with the collaboration of Elizabeth Bryan, this book aims to provide academics, policymakers, NGOs and the media in Cuba, Latin America and North America, with a better understanding of the changes in Cuban civil society since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It also explores the implications of those changes in the areas of research, academic and literary production, and public policy. It is part of the collection "Wilson Center Reports on the Americas".
URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/Cuba_final.pdf (English)
Confidence Building and the Cuba-United States Confrontation, International Security Research and Outreach Programme, Foreign Affairs Canada
Date: 2000/03
Description: The International Security Research and Outreach Programme commissioned a study to identify and explore issues pertaining to confidence building and confidence building measures in the context of the over forty year-old dispute between the United States and Cuba. Hal Klepak is professor of history and warfare studies at the Royal Military College of Canada.
URL: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arms/isrop/research/klepak_2000 ... (English)
Governance and Social Justice in Cuba: Past, Present and Future , Conference organized by FLACSO-México, Cuban Research Institute, and FOCAL
Location: Mexico City, April 21-22, 2005
Description: List of papers presented at the conference.
URL: http://www.focal.ca/projects/researchforumoncuba/governancea ... (English)
La economía cubana 2002, Centro para el Estudio de la Economía Cubana (CEEC)
Description: A collection of seven papers by CEEC researchers on consumption, foreign investments, organic agriculture, food imports, service exports, and global aspects of the Cuban economy.
URL: http://www.cubasource.org/pdf/economia2002.pdf (Spanish)
La libertad de la Luz, Revista Vitral
Location: Diócesis de Pinar del Río, Cuba
Description: The book is a collection of editorials published by Dagoberto Valdés in the Cuban Catholic journal “Vitral”. Valdés is a lay activist who has analyzed the role that civil society should play under current circumstances in Cuba. He was the director of “Vitral” until April 2007.
URL: http://www.vitral.org/vitral/edvitral/edit/edit.htm (Spanish)
List of books on Cuba , Cubafacts.com
Location: Washington DC, US
Description: In association with Amazon.com, provides a list of books on Cuba including general interest, memoirs and testimonials, biographies, history, economics, sociology, genealogy and environment and nature.
URL: http://cubafacts.com/Books/books.htm (English)
Memorias de la Revolución, Casa de Altos Estudios Don Fernando Ortiz de la Universidad de La Habana
Date: 2007
Description: The book is a compilation of historical accounts on the insurgency movement during the 50’s in Cuba.
URL: http://www.lajiribilla.cu/pdf/memorias/memoria1.pdf (Spanish)
Obras Completas de Carlos Alberto Montaner, Firmas Press
Description: Carlos Alberto Montaner is a widely syndicated journalist and author. Born in Havana in 1943, and based in Madrid since 1970, he has published over twenty books on Cuba and Latin America. Montaner is the founder of Unión Liberal Cubana, an organization comprised of Cubans living in the island and abroad that favours peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba. Divided by topic, Montaner’s works are accessible in pdf format.
URL: http://www.firmaspress.com/Obras_completas.htm (Spanish)
Publicaciones Cubanas, Portal de Cuba
Location: Cuba
Description: Annotated catalogue of Cuban journals with links to their web sites. Search can be made by topic or by alphabetical order.
URL: http://publicaciones.cuba.cu/index.php?idt=4 (Spanish)
Recent Publications by Archibald R. M. Ritter, Carleton University
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Description: The visitor may have access to Professor Archibald R. M. Ritter’s most recent books and articles. A Professor at Carleton University’s Department of Economics and Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Ottawa, Professor Ritter is a leading expert on Cuban economy.
URL: http://http-server.carleton.ca/~aritter/RecentPublications.h ... (English)
Religion, Culture, and Society: The Case of Cuba-#9, The Woodrow Wilson Center
Description: Under the coordination of Margaret E. Crahan, this book is an effort to better understand the interaction of religion, culture and society in Cuba. Participants at the conference that produced this publication explored the applicability of the predominant analytical models used to comprehend the interaction of these three elements. It is part of the collection "Wilson Center Reports on the Americas".
URL: http://wwics.si.edu/topics/pubs/ACF38F.pdf (English)
Research Papers: Cuba by Jorge I. Domínguez, Harvard University
Description: Professor Domínguez is a leading scholar on Cuban issues. He is the director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, and Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, at Harvard University. His research papers are available in pdf format.
URL: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~jidoming/researchpapers/c ... (English)
Social and economic problems in Cuba during the crisis and subsequent recovery, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Date: 2005/08
Description: This article evaluates the economic and especially the social evolution of Cuba between 1989 and 2004, on the basis of Cuban statistics and publications, ECLAC documents, and a recent study of economic and social aspects in 1997-2002 jointly published by ECLAC, the National Economic Research Institute of Cuba, and the United Nations Development Programme. Carmelo Mesa-Lago is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh.
URL: http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/SecretariaEjecutiva/2/LCG2 ... (English)
The Concept of Human Rights in Foreign Policy. An analytical and methodological study by Tomas Pstross, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Date: 2004/04
Description: Tomas Pstross, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, analyzes human rights as a cornerstone of his country’s foreign policy and the situation of human rights in Cuba.
URL: http://www.cubasource.org/pdf/Human_Rights.pdf (English)
Understanding Slums: The Case of Havana, Cuba, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Location: Harvard University
Description: This case study by Mario Coyula and Jill Hamberg, was commissioned by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) for The Challenge of the Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003. It is part of a compilation of case studies funded by UN-HABITAT and produced by the Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London.
URL: http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/papers/files/4575e5aae1da1/The ... (English)
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