{"product_id":"key-to-the-new-world-luis-martnez-fern-ndez-9781683400325","title":"Key to the New World: A History of Early Colonial Cuba","description":"\u003cb\u003eFlorida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for General Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholarly and popular attention tends to focus heavily on Cuba's recent history: its notoriety as the world's largest exporter of sugar and the Western hemisphere's first socialist nation. Key to the New World fills the gap in our knowledge of the island before 1700, examining Cuba's formative centuries in depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuis Mart?ez-Fern疣dez presents a holistic portrait of the island nation, interrelating its geography, economy, society, politics, and culture. He weaves these threads into a narrative that begins with the first arrival of indigenous people 10,000 years ago. He explores the conquest and establishment of colonial rule and how the island's geographic uniqueness made it an ideal launching pad for Spanish conquests into Central America, Mexico, and Florida. While considering the role of Cuba and the Caribbean as a theater for European power struggles, Mart?ez-Fern疣dez also focuses intimately on the people who both influenced and were influenced by these larger, impersonal forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these often-overlooked centuries, Mart?ez-Fern疣dez finds the roots of many of Cuba's enduring economic, political, social, and cultural complexities. The result is a sweeping history, a seminal text that makes clear that to fully grasp revolutionary or contemporary Cuba we must first understand what came before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luis Mart?ez-Fern疣dez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683400321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683400325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018","brand":"Luis Mart?ez-Fern疣dez","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991798579455,"sku":"9781683400325","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1338759f-a704-4a6f-92e7-1010b8eb7635.jpg?v=1683312300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/key-to-the-new-world-luis-martnez-fern-ndez-9781683400325","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}