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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Michelle Chase, "Revolution Within the Revolution: Women and Gender Politics in Cuba, 1952-1962″ (UNC Press, 2015) by Christy Thornton

This episode features Michelle Chase, who joins us to discuss her fascinating new book, Revolution Within the Revolution: Women and Gender Politics in Cuba, 1952-1962 (University of North Ca…

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Renata Keller, "Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution" (Cambridge UP, 2015) by Christy Thornton

When former Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas traveled to Havana in 1959 to celebrate the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Fidel Castro in front of a cro…

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