Cuba

General works
The War and its aftermath
Further research

General works

Atkins, Edwin Farnsworth. Sixty Years in Cuba; reminiscences of Edwin F. Atkins. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1926. [AN (Atkins)]

Bergad, Laird W. Cuban Rural Society in the Nineteenth Century: the social and economic history of monoculture in Matanzas. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. [JLE 90-1655]

Bethell, Leslie, ed. Cuba: a short history. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. [*R-HOB 93-4293] The authors include four bibliographical essays that cover different periods in Cuban history up to the recent past.

Foner, Philip S. A History of Cuba and its Relations with the United States. 2 vols. New York: International Publishers, 1963. [HOB] Volume 1 of this title covers the period from 1492 to 1845, and volume 2 from 1845 to 1895. Reference notes are included for each chapter.

Abel, Christopher, and Nissa Torrents, eds. José Martí: revolutionary democrat. London: Athlone Press, 1986. [JFD 86-9243] A collection of scholarly essays about Martí written from diverse disciplinary and ideological points of view. Includes a chronological guide that places Marti's life in the context of the political and cultural developments of his time period. Contains notes and a select bibliography.

Helg, Aline. Our Rightful Share: the Afro-Cuban struggle for equality, 1886-1912. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. [HOR 95-3549] Discusses the sociopolitical struggle of blacks in Cuba from the days of the abolition of slavery in 1886 to the years of the first Cuban elected government. Bibliography and illustrations.

Martí, José. Inside the Monster: writings on the United States and American imperialism. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1975. [IL 76-317]

Navarro García, Luis. La independencia de Cuba. Madrid: Editorial MAPFRE, 1992. [*R-HOB 93-2838] History of the 19th century political developments in Cuba, Spain, and the U. S. that preceded and lead to the attainment of Cuban independence. The last chapter focuses on the 1898 military conflict. Includes a chronology of events, a short biographical section, and a brief annotated bibliography.

Paquette, Robert L. Sugar is Made With Blood: the conspiracy of La Escalera and the conflict between empires over slavery in Cuba. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1988. [HOL 98-3727] A historical analysis of the 1844 revolt against slavery in Cuba, and of the role played by the European powers and the U.S. Illustrated.

Pérez, Louis A., Jr. Cuba: between reform and revolution. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. [HOR 96-2028] A scholarly analysis of Cuban history. Contains a chronology of events in Cuba's political history, and a "Selective Guide to the Literature" that includes a section on the Wars of Independence and U.S. intervention in the island from 1898 to 1902.

Pérez, Louis A., Jr. Lords of the Mountain: social banditry and peasant protest in Cuba, 1878-1918. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. [JLD 89-964] Analyzes the relationship between political violence and the economic transformation of the Cuban countryside during the decades preceding the military conflict between Spain and the U. S. Even though the war is not the subject of this book, many of the sources listed in the bibliography are related to the time period.

Le Riverend, Julio. Historia económica de Cuba. La Habana: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1985. [JLE 91-526] Written from a Marxist perspective, this economic history starts during the early Spanish colonial period and ends in 1951. Among other subjects, discusses the years that preceded and followed the Spanish-American War. Includes a list of references for each historical period.

Suchlicki, Jaime. Historical Dictionary of Cuba. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1988. [*R-HOB 88-1498] Offers brief information on the most prominent Cuban personalities, occurrences, places, and organizations. Includes a chronology of events in Cuban history. Thomas, Hugh. Cuba; or the pursuit of freedom. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1971. [*R-HOB] A seminal history of Cuba in the English language. Contains several chapters on the Spanish-American War and on the years preceding and following this event. The bibliography includes some notes on the war and the U.S. occupation of the island. Illustrated.

The War and its aftermath

Benjamin, Jules R. The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution: an empire of liberty in an age of national liberation. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. [ICM (Cuba) 90-4465] A study of the political relationship between the Cuba and the United States, from the nineteenth century up to the Cuban Revolution. The bibliography includes manuscript collections, U.S. government documents, books, and articles.

Chidsey, Donald Barr. The Spanish-American War: a behind the scenes account of the war in Cuba. New York: Crown Publishers, 1971. [ILG 72-2642] Non-academic discussion of the causes, events, and aftermath of the Spanish-American War. The bibliography only includes secondary sources. Illustrated.

Collazo, Enrique. Los americanos en Cuba. La Habana: Instituto Cubano del Libro, 1972. [ILG 79-106] Reprint of the 1905 edition. The author, a prominent participant in the Cuban struggle for independence, offers a critical assessment of the relationship between Cuba and the U.S. in the years after the end of the Spanish-American War.

Martínez Ortiz, Rafael. Cuba: los primeros años de independencia. 2 vols. Paris: Imprimerie Artistique Lux, 1921. [HOP] Non-academic history dealing with the decade immediately after the attainment of independence by Cuba.

Millett, Allan R. The Politics of Intervention: the military occupation of Cuba, 1906-1909. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1968. [HOP] Analyzes the political relationship between Cuba and the U. S. during that historical period. The bibliography includes archival materials, manuscripts, public documents from both Cuba and the U.S., personal correspondence, newspapers and magazines, and a list of relevant secondary sources.

Pérez, Louis A., Jr. Cuba Between Empires, 1878-1902. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983. [*R-HOL 92-8584] Its extensive bibliography is an invaluable source for primary and secondary sources dealing with this historical period.

Pérez, Louis A., Jr. The War of 1898: the United States and Cuba in history and historiography. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. [ILG 98-11076] Includes bibliographical essay.

Poyo, Gerald E. With All, and for the Good of All: the emergence of popular nationalism in the Cuban communities of the U. S., 1848-1898. Durham: Duke University Press, 1989. [HOM 89-11452] Its rich bibliography lists valuable reference tools, political pamphlets and broadsides, newspapers, census materials, as well as many other primary and secondary sources of information.

Schwartz, Rosalie. Lawless Liberators: political banditry and Cuban independence. Durham: Duke University Press, 1989. [HOO 89-1717]

Further research

Batista Villarreal, Teresita, et. al. Catálogo de publicaciones periódicas cubanas de los siglos XVIII y XIX. La Habana: Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, 1965. [F-11 5081] Excellent research tool that indexes 18th and 19th century Cuban magazines and newspapers by time period, geographical location, subject, and by the name of the publications' directors.

Pérez, Louis A., Jr. A Guide to Cuban Collections in the United States. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. [*R-HOC 91-8607] Includes a list of Cuban related materials held by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division of The New York Public Library, as well as by other libraries in the city and the rest of the country.

Pérez, Louis A., Jr. Cuba: an annotated bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. [*RS-HO 88-1105] Identifies major works on Cuba in a wide variety of fields. All entries are annotated. A section deals specifically with the period of the Cuban struggle for independence and of U.S. intervention up to 1902.

Stubbs, Jean, et. al. Cuba. Oxford: Clio, 1996. [*RS-HO 96-15347] Provides an annotated list of sources for the study of Cuban history as well as other subjects. Also lists Cuban newspapers and periodicals.

Trelles, Carlos M. Bibliografía cubana del siglo XIX. 8 vols. Matanzas, Cuba: Imprenta de Quirós y Estrada, 1911-15. [F-10 7157] Volume 8 covers the period from 1894 to 1899.

Trelles, Carlos M. Bibliografía cubana del siglo XX. Matanzas, Cuba: Imprenta de Quirós y Estrada, 1916-17. [F-10 7158]

Illustration from: Green, Nathan C. The War with Spain and Story of Spain and Cuba. Baltimore: International News and Book Co., 1898. Photographic Services & Permissions