Empty pedestals and barracks converted into schools : the dismantling of symbols of colonial power -- Policies governing celebrations : Catholic, North American, and patriotic fiestas -- Attempts at linguistic colonization and the struggle to preserve Spanish : Anglicized words and expressions and their tropes -- The "decolonization" of names : national identity and the selection of patriotic place names -- The socialization of symbols representing the idea of country -- Public culture and nationalism
Summary
In this cultural history of Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902, a transitional period following the Spanish-American War, the author sheds light on the complex set of pressures that guided the formation and production of a burgeoning Cuban nationalism
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-190) and index
