Myths and Realities in US-Cuban Relations

1993 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
Jaime Suchlicki
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
The Past ◽  
Soviet Empire ◽  
Dual Strategy ◽  
The One

The deepening economic crisis in Cuba, the collapse of the Soviet empire, an aging leadership and revolution, and mild overtures from Fidel Castro toward the United States have, together, served to encourage those US observers who believe that the time for rapprochement with Cuba has come. In this line of reasoning, closer relations with Cuba, particularly in the economic field, will both moderate Castro's penchant for revolution and lead, eventually, to the advent of perestroika on that troubled island.In the past, Castro has pursued a dual strategy in dealing with the United States. On the one hand, Havana has made rhetorical overtures designed to reduce tensions between the two countries.

The Curious Case of Cuba in American Foreign Policy

1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bernell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Political Differences ◽  
International Behavior

The bitter rivalry between the United States and Cuba has occupied a position as one of the principal political disputes in the Western Hemisphere for the past 35 years. Since the rise of Fidel Castro, the governments of these two countries have placed themselves on opposite sides of almost every major regional and global issue. They have long held vastly different ideas about what constitutes a good and just government, what kind of international behavior is legitimate, and the ends that foreign policy should serve. Moreover, they have not only harbored political differences but also maintained a very intense dislike of one another. The United States has attempted to sustain a picture of Cuba as an international outlaw, the source of much turmoil, crisis, and mischief in the world. Adding a personal dimension to the attacks, the United States has also sought to demonize Castro, creating and continually portraying an image of him as the embodiment of evil.

Fear and Loathing of Fidel Castro: Sources of US Policy Toward Cuba

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
LOUIS A. PÉREZ
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Cuban Revolution ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
The Past ◽  
Important Policy ◽  
Modus Vivendi

The Cuban Revolution shattered some of the most important policy formulations by which the United States had traditionally defined its place and defended its interests in the western hemisphere, for which Fidel Castro has been inalterably held responsible. Much of US policy towards Cuba during the past forty years has been driven by a determination to punish Cuba for the transgressions of Fidel Castro and a determination to resist a modus vivendi with Cuba as long as he remains in power.

Variety into Vaudeville, The Process Observed in Two Manuscript Gagbooks

1978 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Laurence Senelick
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Private Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The One ◽  
Original Songs ◽  
As If

“As a jester among jesters,” Jack Point commends himself to a would-be mountebank in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeoman of the Guard, “I will teach thee all my original songs, my self-constructed riddles, my own ingenious paradoxes; nay more, I will reveal to thee the source whence I get them.” The “source” in this case is a tome entitled The Merry Jestes of Hugh Ambrose, a compendium of asthmatic wheezes, Gilbert's thrust at not only Elizabethan jestbooks but their Victorian counterparts. At times it must have seemed as if printing had been invented only to enable aspiring comedians to plunder the wit of the past from cheap chapbooks, like the one that gave Joe Miller to the vernacular. In the United States, dissemination of these storehouses of “gags” began as early as 1789, and by the 1860s they were a staple of the bookstalls; the intended market for them was either the laugh-loving churchgoer who wouldn't be caught dead in a theatre, or the parlor entertainer, the “clown of private life,” ready to make unwilling interlocutors of his nearest and dearest. In the 1870s, however, publishers aimed at the professional; Henry J. Wehman's 25¢ paperback Budget of Jokes was meant to fill a need of the evergrowing number of variety performers.

An Homage to the Past

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Jones-Bamman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Tone Production ◽  
The Past ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Music Community ◽  
The Common ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
The One

This chapter and the one that follows (Chapter Five) draw on interviews with twenty-two banjo makers in the United States and Canada to explore the issues facing these individuals who strive to maintain their preferred connections with the old-time music community without losing sight of the artistic and personal motivations that drew them into this undertaking initially. Chapter Four is focused on those who create instruments most closely adhering to the common expectations of old-time banjo players, factors that include certain structural and design features as well as playability and tone production. What unites all of those in this chapter is the influence of the past on their own efforts, but how this is defined is quite different from one person to the next. For some, this means replicating existing instruments from a specific era or locale, and involves learning techniques that long ago passed from common practice. For others, the past is purely inspirational, providing ideas to be expanded upon and subject to new interpretation. The chapter concludes with a consideration of tone production, how this has changed in recent decades, and how banjo builders approach what is clearly a highly subjective topic. The builders profiled here include Kevin Enoch, Chuck Waldman, Wayne Sagmoen, Kevin Fore, Jason and Pharis Romero, Greg Galbreath and Brooks Masten.

Impact of Safety Packaging on Accidental Poisoning

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 816-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Scherz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accidental Poisoning ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Accidental Death ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
The Past ◽  
Group 15 ◽  
The One

During the past 20 years (1957-1977), the accidental death rates in the United States from poisoning by solids and liquids have changed greatly. The death rate per 100,000 population rose steadily from 0.8 in 1957 to 2.2 in 1975 and then decreased to 1.9 in 1976 and an estimated 1.8 in 1977. The increase in death rates since 1957 was due mostly to changes in the age group 15 to 44 years. There were smaller increases in the groups 5 to 14 years and the 45 years and older. The only age group that has shown a consistent decline has been the one younger than age 5 years.

scholarly journals Immigration and the Legacies of the Past: The Impact of Slavery and the Holocaust on Contemporary Immigrants in the United States and Western Europe

2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Foner ◽  
Richard Alba
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Institutional Responses ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

It is a basic truism that the past influences the present, but the key questions concernwhichpast andhowits impact occurs. In this paper we seek to understand how legacies of the past affect the pathways and experiences of contemporary immigrants. Our specific concern is with the present-day impact of two momentous historical ethno-racial traumas: the Holocaust in Western Europe, and slavery and ensuing legal segregation (“Jim Crow”) in the United States. At first blush, their legacies seem unrelated to immigration today, and these pasts are rarely central to discussions about it. But in fact memories of and institutional responses to the sins of the Nazi genocide, on the one hand, and of slavery and legal racial segregation, on the other, have played a role in shaping public perceptions and policies that affect contemporary immigrants and their children.

scholarly journals Not all Americans are creationists. Not all creationists are American

2006 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. C03
Author(s):  
Marco Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
American Schools ◽  
The One

In addition to their intrusive presence in American schools, creationists - or more modern epigones thereof, known as “intelligent designers” - are also and unexpectedly to be found in other countries. Take the United Kingdom as an example. Over the past few years, Darwin’s homeland has actually been witnessing attempts to introduce literal faith in the Bible into school programmes in a way which does not significantly differ from the one adopted in the United States. It is multi-billionaire Howard H. Ahmanson who generously finances the Discovery Institute across the Atlantic, one of the dissemination centres of the creationist “creed”.

scholarly journals The Sellers of Catan: The Impact of the Settlers of Catan on the United States Leisure and Business Landscape, 1995-2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-82
Author(s):  
Erica Price
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Board Games ◽  
The Past ◽  
United States Today ◽  
German Immigrant ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First World

Abstract While Monopoly is still one of the best-known board games in the United States today, increasing attention is paid to The Settlers of Catan, a mid-1990s German immigrant to the United States and a mid to late 2010s staple in popular culture and on store shelves. However, the one place where Catan has seen a drop in popularity over the past decade is in its first world, that of hobby board games. With so many new and innovative games and mechanics flooding the hobby market each year, Catan struggles to find a place. This struggle is due in part to its lack of innovation, attempt to keep pace with game trends, and seemingly, a reluctance to buy into the popularity of app-supported games (though solely mobile versions of Catan exist), crowdfunding, and new mechanics. This research explores Catan’s history in the United States to illustrate the paradox of its growing popularity with the general public while also experiencing a downturn in accolades from within the hobby, all while functioning as a barometer against which we can measure trends in the selling and playing of hobby board games.

scholarly journals A Storehouse of Life Diversity in The Mango Season

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Anvar P A ◽  
Dr. A.J Manju
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indian Woman ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Family Identity ◽  
Her Family ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Tradition ◽  
The One

There are many types of religions and beliefs in India. There have been many works based on such variations. It is such an important novel based on Indian culture called The Mango Season written by AmulyaMalladi. The main focus of this novel is on the Brahmin system and the framework it exemplifies. The essence of this story is a girl who is born and raised according to the Brahmin faith and the events that take place around it. The story is written by taking the ideas of this theme as a writer and pointing out this character on many levels. Therefore, while reading this story, a variety of needs and suggestions may come out from the readers. The protagonist of the story is a girl named Priya who takes the story forward in many perspectives and ideas. AmulyaMalladi tells her to the readers about the changes that take place when she goes to the America for higher studies and stays away from Indian culture, as well as a tendency to adapt to the American tradition. As a girl growing in India and living in the United States, there have been a lot of changes showed up through this story. Indian writer Amulya Malladi’s novel The Mango Season (2003) is thereview over the format of a few days in Hyderabad in India. The story maintains Priya Rao, a twenty-seven-year-old Indian woman who returned back to her home place during the summertime in Mango Season but she has major problem and worries. Having life in America for the past seven years, Priya is worried to disclose her traditional Brahmin family the one secret she is hiding from them all the time: she is connected and getting married to an American man. Going through the whirlwind of ancient customs and rituals, deeply rooted prejudices, familiar caste systems, local culinary recipes, the full embodiment of Indian tradition, Priya must have the courage to tell the truth to her family. Mango Season is Malladi's second novel since the release of A Breath of Fresh Air in 2002, which explores themes of family, identity, nostalgia, marriage, national, cultural and culinary tradition. He was an IT professional who has lived in the United States for the past seven years and worked in Silicon Valley for the past three years.

The Emergence of a New Constitutional Order in the United States

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-34
Author(s):  
Mark Tushnet
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Deal ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great Society ◽  
Constitutional Order ◽  
The Past ◽  
Constitutional System ◽  
The One ◽  
The New Deal ◽  
The U.S

Bruce Ackerman has argued that the U.S. constitutional system has undergone several major transformations.2 His recent witings continue to reject the proposition that the United States has recently experienced another constitutional transformation. I believe that he is wrong, and that the past decade has seen the consolidation of a new constitutional order, different from the one that prevailed from 1937 to the 1980s, which I call the New Deal-Great Society constitutional order.

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