Cuba: An American History

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Cuba: An American History is a historical book by Ada Ferrer which was published in 2021. [1]

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Critical reception and reviews

Oliver Balch of Americas Quarterly wrote "Through the story of one small island, Cuba: An American History allows Americans to look at themselves through the eyes of others." [6] Daniel Ray of North American Congress on Latin America wrote "Her book is likely to become the definitive history of Cuba for this generation." [7]

The book has also been reviewed by Felipe Fernández-Armesto of The Wall Street Journal , [1] Jeremy Ray Jewell of The Arts Fuse , [8] Esther Allen of the Los Angeles Review of Books [9] and Carrie Gibson of The Guardian . [10]

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